PSY 250 Study Guide - Final Guide: Retrospective Memory, Availability Heuristic, Auditory Cortex

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 250
• Professor: hurtado

Document Summary

Abduction- a form of induction in which a conclusion is made that offers the best explanation for the available facts, although it is not necessarily correct. Algorithm- a clearly defined set of procedures that, if given enough time, will always solve a problem. Amnesia- inability to store and retrieve information; loss of memory: anterograde- inability to form new memories, retrograde- inability to remember the past. Analog code- mental image that preserves the relationship among elements of the image as if they were being experienced; internal representation is a direct copy of the external stimulus (mental picture) Anchoring and adjustment- using initial information as a starting point and then adapting from it to make judgments about other measurements; this prevents the problem solver from deviating from the initial information, even in the face of contradictory information. Angular gyrus- an area of the brain located next to the auditory cortex in the parietal lobes that provides an understanding of categories of words.