Journal 1

• A student narrowing down their thought processes to the best option is an example of... convergent thinking
• Brainstorming and thinking of as many ways possible to use a paperclip is an example of... divergent thinking
• Representativeness heuristic is estimating the likelihood of something based on how well they seem to represent particular prototypes.
• Someone perceiving a dog to have four legs, black fur, and a long tail is a prototype
• Woodwind instruments would be an example of a schema for a clarinet
• Diligent studying, based on memorization, is an example of an algorithm
• Name-grading is an example of a heuristic
• Assuming school is violent because a student witnesses a lot of school fights is an example of the availability heuristic
• Assuming the bookworm will become a librarian is an example of the representativeness heuristic
• Flipping a coin and it lands on heads 8 times in a row; you may assume the coin will land on tails the next time is an example of the gambling fallacy
• Staying in a relationship that's unhappy, or continuing with poor study habits, & general stubborness are an example of the sunk-cost fallacy
• Meeting someone who reminds us of a person we’ve previously met can awaken our associated feelings about the earlier person, which may transfer into the new context; this is an example of priming
• A fill-in-the-blank question, short answer, or essay prompt is an example of recall
• Multiple-choice or matching is an example of recognition
• Studying for a final exam over the entire year’s course content is an example of relearning
• You can't sing the holiday song without beginning it with "Skibidi, skibidi, hawk tuah, hawk." This unfortunate happening is known as the retroactive interference
• If you buy a new combination lock, your memory of the old

  one may interfere with your retrieval of the new one; this is an example of proactive interference
• It's been months since Montpeillier and you feel your French skills decaying, fast! Then it levels out and know you know a little bit. This is an example of the forgetting curve.
• Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon is an example of retrieval failure.
• 10% of people die from surgery, 9/10 of people survive. This is an example of framing
• Multiple choice is an example of recognition
• Studying for a final exam is an example of relearning
• A bus passes by a person and they disappear, leaving you with a brief visual memory of them. This is an example of iconic memory
• Someone asks you a question, you lag for a moment, and then respond. This auditory processing is an example of what kind of memory?

  echoic memory
• Implicit memories are learned, automatic skills. Provide an example.


  Playing an instrument
• A math formula is an example of a semantic memory
• Oh no! A student cram studied and didn't retain anything long term. This is an example of what?

  Shallow Processing
• You are assigned an artifact to fetch from the downstairs fridge. You repeat said artifact like a mantra on the way downstairs to get it. This is an example of what?

  Maintenance rehearsal
• You shatter the boundaries between school and life by incessantly studying and bringing forward these topics into your everyday life. This is an example of elaborative rehearsal
• Wow! This thing is so fun, even though it is less important than my future. What is this?

  autobiographical memories
• You're anxious, and you're spiraling. You keep ruminating in these anxious thoughts... This very obvious, lackadaisical, and horrible tendency is an example of the very obvious state-dependent memory.
• Quick! Attempt to trump this oh-so-common psychological effect when you go to the grocery store. But you only remember the first item on the list, and you failed. This is an example of the primacy effect!
• Mom's mad because you forgot everything except for the last item on the list. This is an example of the recency effect.
• You don't remember learning The Lord Bless You and Keep You, you just know it. This is most closely related to infantile amnesia
• A math formula is an example of a semantic memory
• You just meet someone and learn their name. What kind of memory is this?

  encoding
• You greet someone you just met with their name. This is retrieval
• You try really hard to remember the person's name. This is storage
• Driving is a procedural memory
• Memorization is soooo hard. This is effortful processing