Trouble with Psych exam questions!

[rh]

and regarding p values..

p > 0.05 means the results are significant

and p < 0.05 it means the results are not significant

is that right? or is it the opposite?

[melaniej]

opposite.
If p > 0.05 then there is more than a 5% probability that the results are due to chance and NOT the effects of the IV
If p < 0.05, then there is less that a 5% probability that the results are due to chance, and greater than 95% chance that they are due to the effects of the IV, which is what the experimenters want, hence the results being statistically significant.

Make sense?

[Lulu]

Regarding the capacity of sensory memory...

Do we say that it is "very large" or unlimited? I've read a few books and they all seem to vary, just making sure.

[AppleThief]

I say unlimited (or relatively unlimited?)

[danieltennis]

It's unlimited.

[rh]

opposite.
If p > 0.05 then there is more than a 5% probability that the results are due to chance and NOT the effects of the IV
If p < 0.05, then there is less that a 5% probability that the results are due to chance, and greater than 95% chance that they are due to the effects of the IV, which is what the experimenters want, hence the results being statistically significant.

Make sense?

yeah it does. thanks for that. i'm embarrassingly bad at anything maths related

[Lulu]

Ah ok...its just that I was doing some NEAP questions and they referred to it as "very large". I guess we could say 'potentially unlimited'?

[rh]

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

[khalil]

there ability to assess the amount of information stored in memory is greater than that of recall
i think

[AppleThief]

Because they assess the most amount of memory stored in LTM.

For example, if you are being tested on a topic you don't know super-well, you are more likely to get a correct answer using recognition on a multiple choice test, as it gives you more cues than recall.

Sorry, that was rushed and brief, but I'm preparing to leave for an exam.

[chubz90]

C; classical conditioning - Louis has been conditioned to feel very nervous when he goes to the nightclub because of the association between the once Conditioned Stimulus (the nightclub - which was once the neutral stimulus) and the UCS (Breaking up with his girlfriend)

Producing the Conditioned Response of nervousness and butterflies when he returns

This is process of Classical Conditioning thus the answer is classical conditioning

thanks for that ... i guess the butterflys in the stomach sort of emphasised that it was clasical conditioning. The thing is i thought at first it was operant given that there wasnt really any pairing and that the pserson had associated using their own logic the feeling. ALthough looking at it again i suppose C is more correct.

[sisqo1111]

and another question. what is the duration and capacity of Working Memory? i came across this question didnt know what it was

[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

[melaniej]

and another question. what is the duration and capacity of Working Memory? i came across this question didnt know what it was

Where was this question?
I have never come across that information. I would assume as it's a subsystem of short term memory that is would be the same as that?

[psychlaw]

I came across that aswell, I just answered for STM
so capacity 5-9, duration 18-20 seconds