Term
|
Definition
| the amount of memory which is required to perform a task |
|
|
Term
| Capacity theory (attention) |
|
Definition
| we have a limited amount of mental effort to distribute across tasks, so there are limits on the number of tasks we can perform at one time |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Limited capacity perceptual channel |
|
Definition
| the pattern recognition stage of Broadbent's model, which is protected by the filer (attention) from becoming overloaded with too much perceptual information |
|
|
Term
| Treisman’s Attenuation model |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Late selection models of attention |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Attention models compared, Fig. 3.4 |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Capacity theories…see example in Fig. 3.5 |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Early vs. Late selection (role of semantics) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| theory that proposes intentions and the demands of the task determine the information-processing stage at which information is selected |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the finding that is takes longer to find the name of the color of the ink a word is printed in when competing with the name pf a competing color |
|
|
Term
| Automatic vs. Effortful (aka Controlled) processing |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Automatic vs. Effortful (aka Controlled) processing |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Intentional, incidental learning; see also Table 3.1 |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Review of Modal Model, Fig. 4.1 |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Peterson and Peterson…rate of forgetting (Fig. 4.2) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Peterson and Peterson…rate of forgetting (Fig. 4.2) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Decay vs. interference theory |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Retroactive Interference (RI) |
|
Definition
| forgetting that occurs because of interference from material encountered AFTER learning |
|
|
Term
| Proactive Interference (PI) |
|
Definition
| forgetting that occurs because of interference from material encountered BEFORE learning |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the number of correct items that people can immediately recall from a sequence of items |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a cluster of items that has been stored as a unit in LTM |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| repeating verbal information to keep it active in STM or to transfer to LTM |
|
|
Term
| Conrad’s work on acoustic confusions |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| any of the basic sounds of a language that are combined to form speech |
|
|
Term
| Sternberg’s work on searching STM |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Working memory: Baddeley’s model; see Fig. 4.9 |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Baddeley’s revision: Episodic Buffer |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Atkinson and Shriffrin’s model = Modal Model |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Rote learning (aka verbatim ala Ebbinghaus tradition) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Serial Position Effect (SPE) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Primacy and recency effects |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| SPE and rehearsal..Fig. 5.2 |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Control processes (basically a review) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| SPE and retention interval |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| "tip of the tongue" a person feels they know it but cannot immediately retrieve it |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| retrieval which occurs without making a conscious effort to recall |
|
|
Term
| Eyewitness Testimony…not common sense (Table 5.1) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the use of cognitive retrieval techniques to improve recall |
|
|
Term
| Problems with Eyewitness IDs |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Explicit vs. implicit memory |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Direct vs. indirect tests |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Conceptually-driven processes (are Top-down) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Data-driven processes (are Bottom-up) |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Episodic, semantic, procedural memory |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| facilitation in the detection or recognition of a stimulus by using prior information |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Cocktail Party Phenomenon |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Early vs. Late selection models of attention |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Peterson study on rehearsal prevention and forgetting |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Research designs and methods |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Applied vs. Basic Sequence |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Declarative vs. non-declarative memory |
|
Definition
|
|
