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| symptoms doctors diagnose ADHD with? (there are 3) |
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1.overactive
2.distracted
3.impulsive |
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| alternatives to ADHD medication (there are 4) |
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1. exercise
2. diet changes
3. incentives for behaving in class
4. coaching |
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| how do children interact with their environment to make changes? |
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| They act from the 'outside- in' meaning that they are not initiating the change, but reacting to their environment when changes need to be made |
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| as children get older, what happens to their ability to switch gears? |
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| they get better at it, they can redirect attention well. |
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| how does self control evolve-- what is the progress like? |
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| Progress in self control development can seem like one step forward and two steps back. |
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| what theory about attention is the following: there are a small number of activities that can be performed at once; resources are limited |
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| with capacity theory, can I do more than one thing at once? |
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| what theory about attention is the following: focusing on one thing, you block everything else out, like at a party, you tune everyone else out except for your conversation partner. This model is flexible. |
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| filter model of attention |
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| what theory about attention is the following: this is the multitasking theory |
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| what theory about attention is the following: the non- flexible model, where when you have multiple stimuli, you can only focus on one at a time. You can switch back and forth between stimuli. |
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| so the models of attention have one overarching category and then two specific types. What are these. |
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| switch model and attenuator model are both filter models of attention. |
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| what is shadowed and non shadowed material? |
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| shadowed material is stimuli that passed us by but did not make it into our system or was dumped before it got past the sensory register. |
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| what is automatic encoding |
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| the idea that several tasks can be completed (i.e. driving) without using up your STM resources. |
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| what causing an action we do to become automatic (big people words:the primary determinant of automaticity?) |
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| what does our selective attention do? |
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| It determines which information that is coming into the sensory register is attended to |
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| how much does a child's age impact the children's abilities in attention? |
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| They are able to pay attention when they get older. |
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| what is a resource limited task |
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| something that you can complete if you have enough resources, or will not be able to complete with the wrong resources |
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| what is a data limited task |
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| a task that is imposible because you don't have enough information (like the flying plane example-- I just can't do it) |
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| teletubbies is for what ages |
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| how long does something stay in the STM |
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| why does rehearsal represent a trade off? |
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| rehearsal lessens capacity for incoming knowledge while you rehearse. It does help however to extend the life of your thought :) |
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| In- class activity of counting backwards did what? |
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| Stroop Effect is what, and what is it an example of in the mind? |
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= the color of the word is different than the text word (which is a color)
THis is an example of automization |
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What are the capacity of items that each of the following ages can remember (STM)
2, 5, 7, 9, Adults |
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what is the visual spatial memory model made of?
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| central executive (STM) and the phonological loop |
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What is the central executive also called?
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| STM, or sketch pad (on study guide, I didn't recall this) |
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what memory is the visual spacial? (STM or LTM)
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what is similar between alertness state and REM (3)
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| alpha waves, heart rate, and blood pressure |
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| what will happen if you continually depreive people of REM |
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| Why do kids learn so fast (what is going on in their brains to enable Piaget's stages) |
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| what is displacement and where in the mind does it happen? |
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| it is new information replacing old information. STM |
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| what are the 3 strategies that will increase retention time in STM |
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| rehearsal, visualizations, familiarity |
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| what happens to a mother's brain as they become a mom? |
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| it becomes more active, their brain is infused with prolactin (helps with multi-tasking) |
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| fill in the definition for consciousness: awareness of our _______ processes |
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| what is waking consciouness |
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| we have routines we don't have to be alert to (such as breathing while we are sleeping) |
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| what is Freud's unconscious |
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| instincts and unawareness rule the game. |
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when you strengthen memory, what do you look for:
Similarities or Differences |
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| what does serial positioning in encoding mean? |
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| primary Latency concept --- it means what someone sees first and last they will remember the most. |
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