Cognition - test September 8
In this unit students learn how humans convert sensory input into kinds of information. They examine how humans learn, remember, and retrieve information. This part of the course also addresses problem solving, language, and creativity.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
- deep versus shallow processing;
- focused versus divided attention.
Vocabulary (click for pdf)
Ppt Presentation (click for pdf)
The Psychology Commune (click to link to website) has self-grading tests to help you practice/review the material.
The Psychology Commune has has great summaries of biopsychology (click to link to website).
Try the Memory Visual Review Guide (click to access) and check the answers (click to access)
Try the Thinking & Language Visual Review Guide (click to access) and check the answers (click to access)
Video - Myers' Suggestions for Making Things Memorable
Video - Summary of Long-Term Potentiation
Video - Crash Course on Memory
Video - Crash Course on Remembering and Forgetting
Video - Crash Course on Thinking
Video - Crash Course on Language
Article - Why It's So Difficult to Lose an Accent
Article - Testing Strengthens Recall Whether Something's on the Test or Not
Article - The Ethics of Erasing a Bad Memory
Article - Have Technology and Multitasking Rewired How Students Learn?
Article - Pi Guy
Article - How Your Brain Learns to Navigate Familiar Places
Article - Sparknotes Overview of Memory
Article - Sparknotes Overview of Thinking
Article - Seven Sins of Memory
Online test - How Many Words Do You Know?
Article - Stories of Feral Children
PsychSim5 - Iconic Memory
PsychSim5 - Forgetting
PsychSim5 - Trusting Memory
PsychSim5 - When Memory Fails
The links below take you to the Myers textbook resources:
Studying & Building Memories
*Flashcards - Module 31
*Module 31 Flip It Video - Improving Encoding
Memory Storage & Retrieval
*Flashcards - Module 32
*Module 32 Flip It Video - Long-Term Potentiation
Forgetting, Memory Construction, & Memory Improvement
*Flashcards - Module 33
*Module 33 Flip It Video - Retroactive & Proactive Interference
Thinking, Concepts, & Creativity
*Flashcards - Module 34
*Module 34 Flip It Video - Concepts & Prototypes
Problem Solving & Decision Making
*Flashcards - Module 35
*Module 35 Flip It Video - Heuristics & Algorithms
Thinking & Language
*Flashcards - Module 36
*Module 36 Flip It Video - Language Basics
In this unit students learn how humans convert sensory input into kinds of information. They examine how humans learn, remember, and retrieve information. This part of the course also addresses problem solving, language, and creativity.
AP students in psychology should be able to do the following:
- Compare and contrast various cognitive processes:
- deep versus shallow processing;
- focused versus divided attention.
- Describe and differentiate psychological and physiological systems of memory (e.g., short-term memory, procedural memory).
- Outline the principles that underlie effective encoding, storage, and construction of memories.
- Describe strategies for memory improvement.
- Synthesize how biological, cognitive, and cultural factors converge to facilitate acquisition, development, and use of language.
- Identify problem-solving strategies as well as factors that influence their effectiveness.
- List the characteristics of creative thought and creative thinkers.
- Identify key contributors in cognitive psychology (e.g., Noam Chomsky, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Wolfgang Köhler, Elizabeth Loftus, George A. Miller).
Vocabulary (click for pdf)
Ppt Presentation (click for pdf)
The Psychology Commune (click to link to website) has self-grading tests to help you practice/review the material.
The Psychology Commune has has great summaries of biopsychology (click to link to website).
Try the Memory Visual Review Guide (click to access) and check the answers (click to access)
Try the Thinking & Language Visual Review Guide (click to access) and check the answers (click to access)
Video - Myers' Suggestions for Making Things Memorable
Video - Summary of Long-Term Potentiation
Video - Crash Course on Memory
Video - Crash Course on Remembering and Forgetting
Video - Crash Course on Thinking
Video - Crash Course on Language
Article - Why It's So Difficult to Lose an Accent
Article - Testing Strengthens Recall Whether Something's on the Test or Not
Article - The Ethics of Erasing a Bad Memory
Article - Have Technology and Multitasking Rewired How Students Learn?
Article - Pi Guy
Article - How Your Brain Learns to Navigate Familiar Places
Article - Sparknotes Overview of Memory
Article - Sparknotes Overview of Thinking
Article - Seven Sins of Memory
Online test - How Many Words Do You Know?
Article - Stories of Feral Children
PsychSim5 - Iconic Memory
PsychSim5 - Forgetting
PsychSim5 - Trusting Memory
PsychSim5 - When Memory Fails
The links below take you to the Myers textbook resources:
Studying & Building Memories
*Flashcards - Module 31
*Module 31 Flip It Video - Improving Encoding
Memory Storage & Retrieval
*Flashcards - Module 32
*Module 32 Flip It Video - Long-Term Potentiation
Forgetting, Memory Construction, & Memory Improvement
*Flashcards - Module 33
*Module 33 Flip It Video - Retroactive & Proactive Interference
Thinking, Concepts, & Creativity
*Flashcards - Module 34
*Module 34 Flip It Video - Concepts & Prototypes
Problem Solving & Decision Making
*Flashcards - Module 35
*Module 35 Flip It Video - Heuristics & Algorithms
Thinking & Language
*Flashcards - Module 36
*Module 36 Flip It Video - Language Basics