Name
Date
Block
Units X & XI: Memory & Intelligence
 You will be given separately copies of the Power Point for Unit IX: Memory (except for the portions covered in class) & Unit
X: Intelligence
 You can use your outlines, your notes, & the Power Point copies for this assignment.
 Answer the below questions as completely as possible
 The majority of the questions are asking you to give a definition and an example. However, some of them are just simply
answering the question
 This will be due the day of the test; it will not be accepted late.
 For this assignment, you can work individually or with others.
 When I ask for an example, use a different example than what I gave in the notes
Memory
Term
Definition
Example
Retrospective
memory
Prospective
memory
Part
Three parts of memory:
Definition
Example
Part
Two types of encoding
Definition
Example
1)
2)
3)
1)
2)
Term
Definition
Spacing effect
Serial position
effect
How we process information:
Example
Method
Definition
Example
1)
2)
3)
Method
How we mentally organize information for encoding:
Definition
Example
1)
2)
Part
Three stage processing model of memory
Definition
Two types
1)
Example
2)
Example
3)
Other name for “Three Stage Processing Model of Memory”
Name
Definition
Two type of LTM
Part of Brain
Name
Definition
Part of Brain
Example
1)
Type 1
2)
Type 2
Example of Type 1
Term
Recall
Recognition
Context effects
State-dependent
memory
Mood-congruent
Encoding failure
Storage decay
Retrieval failure
Interference/nega
tive transfer
Example of Type 2
Definition
Example
Proactive
interference
Retroactive
interference
Imagination
effects
Source
amnesia/source
misattribution
Answer the below questions as completely as possible
What are two theories as to
why we forget?
When someone is suffering from depression,
when asked about how they remember high
school, how might they remember it?
When they’re being successfully treated,
how might they remember it?
What is the term for this?
You dream about being stuck in an elevator. Years
later, you tell the story as if it actually happened.
What is the term for this?
A person is asked to remember who she went to homecoming with
her freshman year. She can’t remember, but guesses based on who
she had a crush on at the time, who was also the person she went with
her sophomore year. From then on she remembers that she went to
homecoming with the same person freshman and sophomore year,
even though that is not the case. What is the term for this?
In a well-known experiment, people
recall differently depending on which
verb was used. The person remembers
the car as going faster when the word
“smashed” was used as opposed to the
word “hit.” What is the term for that?
Term
Intelligence & Testing
Definition
Example
Reification
What is the difference
between IQ vs. EQ
In Spearman’s TwoFactor Theory of
Intelligence, what is S
and G? What is the
difference between the
two?
What is the difference
between single and
multiple intelligence
What did Thurstone
try to set out to prove?
What did he prove
instead?
What is the major criticism of Howard
Gardner and his Theory of Multiple
Intelligence?
What is a major criticism of over
emotional intelligence?
This person believed that intelligence is more than being book smart,
that there could be a “managerial” intelligence. People who could
problem solve very well, use people to their best abilities, etc. He
looked at the fact that many successful people either dropped out of
college or did not do well in college, such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates,
and Donald Trump. Name the person and his theory.
This person looked at how adaptable people are; are they good at
dealing with new situations or do they need predictability and
routines. He looked at why some people who did well in high school
didn’t necessarily do well in college.
Name the person and his theory.
It is important that a guidance counselor or a teacher
have this type of intelligence, because they are
working with people all day.
Definition
Example of each
Aptitude vs.
Achievement
Part
Three principles of test construction
Definition
Example
1)
2)
3)
Identify as specifically as possible which principle of test construction is being described
Giving 1st block 60 minutes to take the test and 3rd
Your ruler is only 11” long, not 12”. You have measured 100 objects
block 55 minutes to take the test does not use this:
with it
Foot size as a way to measure intelligence
You take the Unit IX test, but only 1 – 99 (odd). The next day you
take the Unit IX test, but 2 – 100 (even). Both scores should show
what? If they do, the test is said to show what?
A person who scores high on the SAT’s should do
well in college. This shows what?
On one question on the AP Psych test, 99% of the people got that
question wrong, which would indicate that the question was too
difficult.
A measure of intelligence based on head size is likely
to have a low level of this:
But a high level of this: