Chapter 7 Learning Objectives

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					                                                    PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
                                                               Instructor: Lori K. Perez

Chapter 7 Learning Objectives

   1. Identify and define the operations involved in the information-processing view of
      memory (encode, store, retrieve) and describe the three-stage theory of memory.

   2. Describe the role of the sensory register in the stage theory of memory.

   3. Describe the role of the working memory in the stage theory of memory.

   4. Define short-term memory and describe how its life span and capacity can be

   5. Identify the differences between short-term memory and long-term memory
      including how information I retrieved from each.

   6. Distinguish among the three kinds of long term memory: procedural, episodic,
      and semantic.

   7. Describe the different methods for measuring the retrieval of information from
      long-term memory (recall, recognition, and relearning).

   8. Explain serial learning and the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon.

      model and describe the role of elaboration.

   10. Distinguish among the four major theories of forgetting: decay theory,
       interference theory (retroactive and proactive), reconstruction (schema) theory,
       and motivated forgetting.

   11. Define and identify “flash-bulb” memories.

   12. Distinguish between anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia.

   13. Identify the “memory trace” according to the synaptic theory of memory.

Chapter 8 Learning Objectives

   1. Define cognition and identify its three primary facets.

   2. Define concept and distinguish between levels of inclusivity for basic,
      superordinate and subordinate concepts as well as conjunctive and disjunctive
                                                    PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
                                                               Instructor: Lori K. Perez
3. Distinguish among the following problem-solving strategies: trial-and-error,
   algorithmic, and heuristic.

4. Discuss the influence on framing and problem-solving.

5. Define artificial intelligence and explain how it is used in problem-solving.

6. Define creativity and distinguish between convergent thinking and divergent

7. Distinguish among phonemes, morphemes, and syntax using examples and
   definitions of each.

8. Identify the Whorfian hypothesis and describe how it has impacted the modern
   use of language.

9. Define intelligence and how it relates to “g”.

10. Identify the number and types of intelligences described by Howard Gardner.
    Identify the two most often measured by traditional schooling or measures of

11. Distinguish between fluid intelligence and crystallized intelligence.

12. Identify the first person who developed a usable measure of intelligence and list
    the names of currently used traditional measures of intelligence.

13. Discuss the concept of intelligent quotient and distinguish between ratio IQ
    (define Mental Age vs. Chronological Age and identify how to calculate a ratio IQ)
    and deviation IQ (identify a normal distribution and where most scores fall).

14. List and describe the characteristics of good intelligence tests.

15. Define and give examples of measuring tacit intelligence.

16. Identify the factors that contribute to an individual’s intelligence including heredity
    vs. environmental factors.

17. Describe the reaction range theory of intelligence.

18. Identify the controversial theory raised by the publication of “The Bell Curve”.

19. Distinguish between mental retardation and giftedness including percentage of
    population identified and characteristics of each.
                                                PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
                                                           Instructor: Lori K. Perez

Chapter 9 Learning Objectives

1. Define development.

2. Describe the interplay of nature and nurture in development and discuss the role
   maturation plays in reaching developmental milestones.

3. Identify who discovered imprinting and describe the importance of critical

4. Explain the impact of early social deprivation on development (refer to Harlow

5. Identify the characteristics common to stage theories of development.

6. Identify Piaget’s theory and discuss his stages of development including
   characteristics of thought described during each stage (i.e. conservation,
   reversibility, object permanence, etc.)

7. Identify and provide examples of Kohlerg’s three levels of moral reasoning:
   premoral, conventional, and principled.

8. Identify and provide examples of Gilligan’s theory of moral development and
   discuss the differences between her theory and Kolberg’s theory of moral

9. Describe Erikson’s stage theory of personality development and identify the
   major crises that occur during each stage.

10. Differentiate between the developmental stages termed the “neonatal period” and

11. Define the “rooting reflex”.

12. Explain the changes that occur in physical development during puberty including
    primary and secondary sex characteristics, menarche, and the adolescent growth

13. Identify characteristics of adolescent egocentrism.

14. Identify and describe the four patterns of identity development as defined by
    James Marcia (refer to lecture notes).
                                                  PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
                                                             Instructor: Lori K. Perez
15. Identify the cognitive changes including the stability of intelligence that occur as
    we age.

16. Define climacteric and discuss how it affects men and women.

17. Identify the factors associated with happy aging and longevity.

18. Identify and explain the stages of dying identified by Kubler-Ross.

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