EXP3604 TOP EXAM 3 COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
PREMIUM BUNDLE
◉ divided attention.
Answer: divided attention is when you are doing multiple task, and
you're trying to pay attention to them all at once
◉ levels of processing.
Answer: this is the way that we recall information. If you process
information at a deeper level, you will be able to recall it faster than
at a shallow level.
◉ survival processing.
Answer: this is deep processing of material. Having participants
evaluate items in terms of its natural survival. this lead to much
better recall than did pleasantness
◉ the generation effect.
Answer: the idea that you remember materials better if you generate
it yourself, compared to just reading them.
,*problem: it is more effortful to come up with words. it can create
confound and difficulty of thought.
solution: in order to fix it, you have to make the task really easy
◉ elaboration.
Answer: is a type of memory strategy. In this you ask yourself "why"
questions, and try to connect what you are studying to prior
knowledge. you interconnect concepts you already learned. you can
try to explain the concept to yourself.
◉ rehearsal.
Answer: repeating the information you want to learn.
you don't really benefit from this. because at the time you know the
material, because of overconfidence
◉ distinctiveness.
Answer: is trying to find something that stands out from what you
are trying to learn/ remember
- the memory trace should be different from all other memory traces
*this is important when you try to learn names.
,◉ Von Restorff effect.
Answer: the idea that you tend to remember distinctive things
rather than non distinctive things.
this is the advantage in memory that distinctive items have over less
distinctive items.
ex: hop, fly, swim, vomit, run, skip
*vomit is the outlier, because all of those other words are action that
require body movement
◉ encoding specificity principle.
Answer: the idea that the context of processing has to be the same as
the context for recall. For example, if you study for this exam drunk,
you better take the exam drunk.
note: context effect are often inconsistent
◉ overconfidence.
Answer: the tendency to be more confident than correct—to
overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments.
when you are studying, you can think that you know the material
when you really don't. so you're overconfident.
, ◉ Self reference effect.
Answer: the tendency to remember materials better if you relate it
to yourself.
*relates to theme 3, because we see ourselves in positive light
◉ How can questioning what you are reading while studying help
improve your score on the exam? Think about levels of processing
and the generation effect..
Answer: questioning what you are reading can help improve your
exam score, because you are using elaboration. You are processing
the material in a deeper level and coming up with answers as you
ask yourself questions.
◉ Why is using only rehearsal to encode and retrieve information a
bad idea?.
Answer: only using rehearsal to encode and retrieve information is a
bad idea because it can lead to overconfidence on the material. And
you may think you know it but after a few hours, you realize you
don't really know the information.
◉ Which memory strategy would be the most effective when trying
to learn names? Explain..
STUDY SHEET 2026 SOLVED QUESTIONS
PREMIUM BUNDLE
◉ divided attention.
Answer: divided attention is when you are doing multiple task, and
you're trying to pay attention to them all at once
◉ levels of processing.
Answer: this is the way that we recall information. If you process
information at a deeper level, you will be able to recall it faster than
at a shallow level.
◉ survival processing.
Answer: this is deep processing of material. Having participants
evaluate items in terms of its natural survival. this lead to much
better recall than did pleasantness
◉ the generation effect.
Answer: the idea that you remember materials better if you generate
it yourself, compared to just reading them.
,*problem: it is more effortful to come up with words. it can create
confound and difficulty of thought.
solution: in order to fix it, you have to make the task really easy
◉ elaboration.
Answer: is a type of memory strategy. In this you ask yourself "why"
questions, and try to connect what you are studying to prior
knowledge. you interconnect concepts you already learned. you can
try to explain the concept to yourself.
◉ rehearsal.
Answer: repeating the information you want to learn.
you don't really benefit from this. because at the time you know the
material, because of overconfidence
◉ distinctiveness.
Answer: is trying to find something that stands out from what you
are trying to learn/ remember
- the memory trace should be different from all other memory traces
*this is important when you try to learn names.
,◉ Von Restorff effect.
Answer: the idea that you tend to remember distinctive things
rather than non distinctive things.
this is the advantage in memory that distinctive items have over less
distinctive items.
ex: hop, fly, swim, vomit, run, skip
*vomit is the outlier, because all of those other words are action that
require body movement
◉ encoding specificity principle.
Answer: the idea that the context of processing has to be the same as
the context for recall. For example, if you study for this exam drunk,
you better take the exam drunk.
note: context effect are often inconsistent
◉ overconfidence.
Answer: the tendency to be more confident than correct—to
overestimate the accuracy of our beliefs and judgments.
when you are studying, you can think that you know the material
when you really don't. so you're overconfident.
, ◉ Self reference effect.
Answer: the tendency to remember materials better if you relate it
to yourself.
*relates to theme 3, because we see ourselves in positive light
◉ How can questioning what you are reading while studying help
improve your score on the exam? Think about levels of processing
and the generation effect..
Answer: questioning what you are reading can help improve your
exam score, because you are using elaboration. You are processing
the material in a deeper level and coming up with answers as you
ask yourself questions.
◉ Why is using only rehearsal to encode and retrieve information a
bad idea?.
Answer: only using rehearsal to encode and retrieve information is a
bad idea because it can lead to overconfidence on the material. And
you may think you know it but after a few hours, you realize you
don't really know the information.
◉ Which memory strategy would be the most effective when trying
to learn names? Explain..
