PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Biopsychosocial Model, Absolute Threshold, Hand Washing

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

2 kinds of memory: semantic (memory for general info) and episodic (memory for personal events) Storage involves maintaining encoded info in memory over time. Attention involves focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. Next in line effect: participants who are about to perform are oblivious on what is going on before because they are preoccupied with what they are going to say and do. Attention is often likened to a filter that screens out most potential stimuli while allowing a select few to pass through. Cocktail party phenomenon suggests that attention involves late selection based on the meaning of input. 3 levels of processing: structural encoding: relatively shallow processing that emphasizes the physical structure of the stimulus. Phonemic encoding: emphasizes what a word sounds like. Semantic encoding: emphasizes that meaning of verbal input; it involves thinking about the object and actions the words present.