Trouble with Psych exam questions!

[sisqo1111]

it was in either the neap 07 or 08. and the answer they gave was a duration of 12-20 seconds?

[melaniej]

yeah thats right for STM

[rh]

another question, why are recognition and relearning more sensitive than recall?

Recall is the least sensitive because it provides the least amount of cues to aid recall. With recognition, the information is infront of you, you just have to identify the correct alternative, hence this being a cue.
With relearning, you go over all the material again, hence it is most likely to trigger what is already stored in memory.
The sensitivity is all baout the number of cues present to aid recall

that's what i was looking for, thanks (again!)

you really know your stuff, hey! feeling confident about tomorrow?

[psychlaw]

different sources have different answers
the duration can range from 10 to 30 seconds depending on which textbook you have, thats why in one of the earlier exams they accepted a range of answers cause of the different textbooks

[sisqo1111]

they better do that this year lol. but im gonna stick with 20-30 secs

[melaniej]

another question, why are recognition and relearning more sensitive than recall?

Recall is the least sensitive because it provides the least amount of cues to aid recall. With recognition, the information is infront of you, you just have to identify the correct alternative, hence this being a cue.
With relearning, you go over all the material again, hence it is most likely to trigger what is already stored in memory.
The sensitivity is all baout the number of cues present to aid recall

that's what i was looking for, thanks (again!)

you really know your stuff, hey! feeling confident about tomorrow?

HA. NOOOOOOOO

i was so much more prepared before the midyear. I just lost all motivation, hence why I'm sitting on here answering peoples questions rather than studying it all works

I have no hope of getting the score I want, sooo it'll be down to luck for tomorrow!

How's everyone else feeling?

Its harder with 5 other exams to focus on rather than the 2 I had at the midyear

[melaniej]

different sources have different answers
the duration can range from 10 to 30 seconds depending on which textbook you have, thats why in one of the earlier exams they accepted a range of answers cause of the different textbooks

I think what you need to remember with the DURATION of STM is that:

- Recall starts to decline after 12 seconds
- Without rehearsal, all information is lost between 12-20 seconds
- can last up to 30 seconds in some circumstances

[psychlaw]

I'm feeling pretty bad, havn't revised near enough. So much cramming to do today.

different sources have different answers
the duration can range from 10 to 30 seconds depending on which textbook you have, thats why in one of the earlier exams they accepted a range of answers cause of the different textbooks

I think what you need to remember with the DURATION of STM is that:

- Recall starts to decline after 12 seconds
- Without rehearsal, all information is lost between 12-20 seconds
- can last up to 30 seconds in some circumstances

I'm just going to say 18-20 - Erinys Notes and Grivas Textbook

[melaniej]

Well, thats right. 18-20 is the proper duration. I was just explaining where the 10-12 and 30 bit came from...

[rh]

i'm feeling really unprepared and wishing i had more time. lol, i'm still writing out research methods notes... :|

[psychlaw]

same rh! I was writing mine out now

for the midyear, I was writing notes at 3AM the night before =/

Anyway: Whats an advantage and disadvantage of repeated measures?

[melaniej]

ADVANTAGE:
- minimises participant variables - as you are using the same participants for both conditions.
DISADVANTAGE:
- order effects, such as the practice effect, can occur.

[Lulu]

How's everyone else feeling?

Its harder with 5 other exams to focus on rather than the 2 I had at the midyear

Rather scared :|

Definitely feeling less prepared for this one compared to the mid-year too hope they don't make it too difficult to compensate for the easy-ish mid-year.

[rh]

i'm really scared as well and have wasted over half of the day doing nothing. eep.. :<

[j.el-halabi]

umm not quite sure but ill give it a go
They use a hypothesis as they are testing a theory/phenomena between the affects of the DV and the IV. If the theory is supported they can then state that their hypothesis was correct and reject the null hypothesis.

okay, i dont think that made much sense. is this a certain question from somewhere? or did u just make it up?

yeah thats pretty much correct buddy