Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Psych - Cognitive

The cognitive approach - key terms

TermDefinition
Cognitive Working through thoughts to process information
Perception Becoming cognitively aware through the processing of sensory information
Analogy A comparison
Memory The process of encoding and storing information
Recall Bringing back a memory
Schema A cognitive framework that organises and stores information
Rationalisation When something doesn’t make sense, you work on it until it does. This can involve changing memories to fit with your existing schema.
Confabulation Filling in gaps of your recall from past experiences so that 2+ memories could merge together to make a new one.
Shortening Your memory of an event becomes shorter than the actual event, leaving out information.
Positive priming Stimulus that makes a response to a prime faster
Negative priming Stimulus that makes responses to a prime slower
Priming/prime Stimulus that subconsciously affects how you respond to something
Semantic The meaning of something
Schemata Plural of schema
Repetitive priming Experience of something primes you to respond to that situation quicker.
Semantic priming The prime and target belong to similar categories so thinking of one makes you think or another.
Associative priming Priming happens when the prime and target are associated but do not have to be in the same category.
Created by: samfitter
Popular Psychology sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards