- You are walking to class when your friend calls and asks if you can pick up a library book
for them on your way home. Explain how you would encode and store this information in
your memory using the multi-store model of memory. In your answer, describe each type of
memory, how long it lasts, and how information moves from one type of memory to the next.
we would use Atkinson-Shiffrin multi-store model, where we move from sensory memory to short term memory/working memory to Long Term Memory.
- Why might flashbulb memories feel vivid but still be inaccurate?
They feel vivid due to the emotional response associated with the memory, coming from the Amygdala. They are innacurate because they are reconstructued, not recalled. Every time you rebuild the memory, it becomes pliable, and it risks the chance of adding details when you “re save” it.
- Describe the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis and give at least two real-world examples that support this theory.
The language you speak influences how you percieve and understand the world.
- In your own words, explain g, fluid intelligence, and crystallized intelligence. Give an example of each.
- Watch The Pygmalion Effect video. What is the Pygmalion effect? In your own words, explain the study that Rosenthal conducted with schoolchildren. What were the results? How did teachers treat the children they believed were highly intelligent? What does this suggest about the power of others to influence intelligence?
Higher expectations lead to higher performance. A “self fullfiling Gprophecy” where our beliefs about someone influence our actions towards them subconiously. This circles back to us when these actions impact that persons belief about themself, eventually leading them to act in a way that reinforces our initial belief about them.
- Imagine you’re designing a motivational smartphone app. Which psychological principles would you build in to keep users engaged and working toward their goals?
Self motivation theory, encourage user autonomy( setting their own goals ),
- Define intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Give one example of each and explain how each type of motivation can influence persistence and performance over time.
- What is social scaffolding? Describe a time when someone used social scaffolding to help you, and a time when you used social scaffolding to help someone else learn something.
- Describe the three attachment styles. What long-term outcomes are associated with each type of attachment style?
- Imagine that your 11-year-old daughter wants to spend the night with several friends at a friend’s house. What would you say to your daughter as an authoritarian parent? As an authoritative parent? As a permissive parent? As a neglectful parent? Be sure to write as if you were talking directly to your child. Then, explain how each response illustrates that parenting style.
- Describe the fundamental attribution error. Give an example from your own life. How does the fundamental attribution error differ across cultures?
- Describe the Elaboration Likelihood Model. Explain a time when you used the peripheral route and a time when you used the central route. What are some reasons we may use one route versus the other?
- Imagine you’re trying to raise money to rebuild your local library. Discuss how you could use each of the following persuasion techniques and why they work: door-in-the-face, foot- in-the-door, social proof, and the scarcity principle.
- Describe cognitive dissonance. What do people do to relieve feelings of cognitive dissonance?
- Explain Social Identity Theory. Describe the Robbers Cave experiment and explain what it revealed about how prejudice can be reduced.