Psychology 1010 Exam 3
Memory - -Persistence of learning over time, through the storage and
retrieval of info and skills
- Encoding: - -info put into our brain, that allows it to be stored
- Storage: - -info held in a way that allows it to be retrieved
- Retrieval: - -retrieving and recalling nfo producing it similar to what was
encoded
- Explicit (Declarative ) Memory: - -Facts, stories, and meanings of words we
know and can recall. Effortfull process
- Implicit Memories: - -Memories we're not fully aware of. Automatically
processed.
- Implicit Memories Examples - -Condition associations (smells)
Procedural memories (riding bike)
Spcae (recall your house)
Time (looking backwards for something lost)
Frequency (third time heard song on radio)
- Procedural Memory: - -Riding a bike
- Sensory Memory: - -Where memories are kept a few seconds or less
- Short Term Memory: - -Info kept for a limited duration (20 sec. less)
Can be extended by rehearsal.
Limited Capacity = 7 digits +- 2
6 letters
5 words
- Long Term Memory: - -Info that is kept for hours, days, weeks, years
Unlimited capacity
- The magic #7 (+/- 2): - -STM: 7 digets or 6 letters or 5 words (+/-2)
- Working Memory - -brain system that stores and manages information for a
comparatively short time
- Effortful Processing Strategies - -Chunking
Rehearsal
, - Chunking - -Organizing data to manageable units
(when giving CC, SS, and phone #'s, you break into small units.)
- Personality - -Individuals characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors (consistent, distinctive)
- Trait theory: - -we have traits: stable and enauring characteristics that
make us tend to act a certain way
- Facts on Trait theory: - -Traits can be identified and meausured
Traits differ from person to person
Traits are influenced by genetic predisposition
- Who are the Key Proponents of the Traits Theory: - -Allport, Eysenck,
McCrae, Costa
- Personality Inventories: - -Self Report
MMPI-2
- What is self report: - -Questionnaire that ask how accurately
statements/adjectives describe their behavior or mental state
- What is MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) - -Well
known, well research self report. Designed to identify people with personality
difficulties
- Barnum Effect - -Acceptance of vague, generalized, and positive
descriptions as accurate assesment of their personality (reading clothing,
physical features, and reactions)
- How many traits are there? - -Allport -4500
Eysenck-Two basic dimensions of traits
McCrae and Costa- The Big 5
- What is the big Five? - -CANOE
Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Neuroticism emotional stability and instability
Openness
Extaversion
- Psychoanalytic Theory - -Behavior emotions and personality devepoing
dynamic interplay between conscious and unconscious process
- Key proponents in the Psychoanalytic Theory: - -Freud, Juna, Horney, Alder
Memory - -Persistence of learning over time, through the storage and
retrieval of info and skills
- Encoding: - -info put into our brain, that allows it to be stored
- Storage: - -info held in a way that allows it to be retrieved
- Retrieval: - -retrieving and recalling nfo producing it similar to what was
encoded
- Explicit (Declarative ) Memory: - -Facts, stories, and meanings of words we
know and can recall. Effortfull process
- Implicit Memories: - -Memories we're not fully aware of. Automatically
processed.
- Implicit Memories Examples - -Condition associations (smells)
Procedural memories (riding bike)
Spcae (recall your house)
Time (looking backwards for something lost)
Frequency (third time heard song on radio)
- Procedural Memory: - -Riding a bike
- Sensory Memory: - -Where memories are kept a few seconds or less
- Short Term Memory: - -Info kept for a limited duration (20 sec. less)
Can be extended by rehearsal.
Limited Capacity = 7 digits +- 2
6 letters
5 words
- Long Term Memory: - -Info that is kept for hours, days, weeks, years
Unlimited capacity
- The magic #7 (+/- 2): - -STM: 7 digets or 6 letters or 5 words (+/-2)
- Working Memory - -brain system that stores and manages information for a
comparatively short time
- Effortful Processing Strategies - -Chunking
Rehearsal
, - Chunking - -Organizing data to manageable units
(when giving CC, SS, and phone #'s, you break into small units.)
- Personality - -Individuals characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and
behaviors (consistent, distinctive)
- Trait theory: - -we have traits: stable and enauring characteristics that
make us tend to act a certain way
- Facts on Trait theory: - -Traits can be identified and meausured
Traits differ from person to person
Traits are influenced by genetic predisposition
- Who are the Key Proponents of the Traits Theory: - -Allport, Eysenck,
McCrae, Costa
- Personality Inventories: - -Self Report
MMPI-2
- What is self report: - -Questionnaire that ask how accurately
statements/adjectives describe their behavior or mental state
- What is MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) - -Well
known, well research self report. Designed to identify people with personality
difficulties
- Barnum Effect - -Acceptance of vague, generalized, and positive
descriptions as accurate assesment of their personality (reading clothing,
physical features, and reactions)
- How many traits are there? - -Allport -4500
Eysenck-Two basic dimensions of traits
McCrae and Costa- The Big 5
- What is the big Five? - -CANOE
Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Neuroticism emotional stability and instability
Openness
Extaversion
- Psychoanalytic Theory - -Behavior emotions and personality devepoing
dynamic interplay between conscious and unconscious process
- Key proponents in the Psychoanalytic Theory: - -Freud, Juna, Horney, Alder
