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