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Decks in this class (23)

key assumptions
What is the cognitive key assumpt...
1  cards
the working memory model
Draw the working memory model 1,
What is the centeral executive 2,
Evaluate the central executive 3
9  cards
the multi-store model
Draw the msm 1,
What encoding is in each store 2,
What is the duration of each store 3
5  cards
explantion of LTM- Tulving
What is the nature of episodic an...,
What is the time and spatial reff...,
What is the interdependance of ea...
5  cards
reconstructive memory - Bartlett
How do people record memories 1,
What do schemas do to memories 2,
What is a schema 3
5  cards
individual differences in memory
What cultural differences are inv...,
Evaluate culture as an individual...,
What developmental differences ar...
8  cards
developmental psychology in memory - Alzheimers
What is alzheimers 1,
What are the impacts of alzheimer...,
How to help someone with alzheime...
5  cards
field and lab experiments
What is a lab experiment 1,
What is a field experiment 2,
What are the strengths of a lab e...
6  cards
independent and dependent variables
What is an iv 1,
What is a dv 2,
What is operationalisation 3
3  cards
experimental and null hypotheses
What is a hypothesis 1,
What is the experimental hypothes...,
What is a null hypothesis 3
3  cards
directional and non-directional hypotheses
Is a directional hyothesis one or...,
What is a directional hypothesis 2,
Is a non directional hypothesis o...
4  cards
experimental and research designs
What are the 3 experimental desig...,
What is independent groups 2,
Evaluate independent groups 3
7  cards
types of variables
What are extraneous variables 1,
What are confounding variables 2,
What are situational variables 3
4  cards
counterballancing, randomisation and order effects
What are order effects 1,
What is counterballancing 2,
What is randomisation 3
3  cards
objectivity, reliablility and validity
What is objectivity 1,
What is reliability 2,
What is validity 3
5  cards
experimenter effects, demand characterisitics and control issues
What are experimenter effects 1,
What are demand charcteristics 2,
How to conrol experiments 3
3  cards
quanititive data analysis
What type of data is the mean 1,
Evaluate the mean 2,
What type of data is the median 3
19  cards
inferential stats
How to calculate a wilcoxon test 1,
What is type 1 error 2,
What is type 2 error 3
4  cards
case study of brain damaged patients and the use of qualitative data
Describe case study hm 1,
What was the aim of hm case study 2,
What was the method of hm case st...
9  cards
classic study - Baddeley
What is the aim of baddeley 1,
What is the iv of baddeley 2,
What is the dv of baddeley 3
9  cards
contemporary study - Sebastian and Hernandez-Gill
What is the aim of the contempora...,
What is the contemporary study me...,
What are the results of the conte...
6  cards
key question
What is the cognitive key question 1,
What is the ao1 for the key quest...,
How does the msm say ewt are reli...
8  cards
practical
What was the aim of the pratical 1,
What was the iv 2,
What was the dv 3
16  cards

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