PSYCH 212- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 30 pages long!)
11 Oct 2017
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Chapter 8 & 9 cognitive views of learning and complex cognitive. Focus on how we remember memory: encoding, storage, retrieval of information. Learners: are active, use experience, organize & reorganize. Mind: complex, symbol-manipulating system, information flow, computer (flowchart) Models of information-processing: sensory memory raw form sights & sounds represented. 1-3 seconds: working memory (stm) central processing unit deliberate mental activities. 5 30 seconds, (if processed, then longer) Central executive: long-term memory (ltm) permanent, unlimited. Thinking: strategies to remember: mnemonic devices, acronymns, geography, math, social studies, music, first aid, science. Keyword mnemonics: concept maps, outlines, analogies, selective underlining, selective note-taking, reviews. Low-road or high-road transfer: psych 212 lecture 7. Chapter 11 & 12 social cognitive views of learning and motivation. What is motivation: choice, duration, intensity, persistence, emotional response. 4 approaches: behavioral, cognitive, social learning, humanistic. Deficiency needs: physiological, safety, belongingness & love, esteem. 3 dimensions: locus, internal/external, stability, stable/unstable, responsibility, controllable/uncontrollable. Reducing test anxiety: psych 212 lecture 7.
