Psychology

Vocab words

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Concept

ideas that represent a class or categoryh of objects, events, or activities.

prototype

an example of a concept that closely matches the defining characteristics of the concept.

Validity

to the degree to which a test actually measures what its supposed to measure

Heuristic

an educated guess based on prior experiences that helps narrow down the possible solutions for a problem

G- factor

the ability to reason and solve problems or general intelligence

Serial Position effect

tendency of info at the beginning and end of a body of info to be remembered more accurately than info in the middle of the body of info

curve of forgetting

a graph showing a distinct pattern in which forgetting is very fast within the first hour after learning alist and then tapers off gradually

Reliability

the tendency of a test ot produce the same scores again again each time it is given to the same people

funciontal fixedness

a block to problem solving that comes from thinking about objects in terms of only their typical functions

Conformation bias

the tendency to search for evidence that fits one's beliefs while ignoring any evidence that does not fit those beliefs

memory

an active system that recieves info from the senses, puts that info into a usable form, and organizes it as it stores away and then

memory cont.

retrieves the information form storage

non - declarative memory

type of long term memory including memory for skills,procdures, habits, and continued responses

Declarative memory

type of long term memory containing information that is conscious and known.