psychology
what is psychology?
the study of the brain
what is a hypothesis?
a scientific, testable prediction about the outcome of the study
how do you work out the mean average?
add all the numbers and divide by the amount of numbers
how do you work out the medium average?
It is the middle number. you put the numbers in a line and cross them off from one side to another. if there is more than 1 number you add them together and divide by 2
how do you work out the mode?
it is the number that shows up the most in the set of results
what is the independant variable?
variable you change
what is the dependent variable
the one you measure
what is an aim
a result that your plans or actions are intended to achieve
what is the order of memory storing?
encoding, storage, retrieve
what is encoding
changing the info so it can be stored in the brain
what is an example of encoding
visual - memories stored by images
tactile - touch
acoustic - sounds
olfactory - smells
what is storage
holding information in your memory, so you can retrieve it at any time
What is an type of storage
semantic - The meaning of something
What is an example of encoding
olfactory - How a spice smells
What is retrieval?
Accessing information that can be stored and using it
what is a type of retrieval
Recognition - Remember something from previous options
cued recall - Using clues to remember the information
free recall - No clues, just knowledge
Give an example of retrieval
Multiple choice quiz
True or false encoding is that how we get information out of memory
False
True or false, there are just two main types of encoding
False
True or false, thinking about your favourite song and hearing the music in your Head is an example of an acoustic memory
true
True or false picturing, your house in your mind means you are using visual encoding
true
True or false semantic, encoding refers to the meaning of something such as words
True
True or false being able to use the word elephant, so it makes sense in a sentence is semantic in coding
True
True or false tactile, encoding concerns on memory of smell
False
Storage of information comes before encoding
False
True or false? cued Recall is a type of retrieval
True
True or false free recall, involves identifying something previously and from different options
False