Evolutionary psychology is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain certain mental and psychological traits such as memory, perception, or language as evolved adaptations, i. The ability to graphically represent complex concepts anyone can make an outline, but it requires true. Ap psychology 2001 scoring guidelines these materials were produced by educational testing service ets, which develops and administers the examinations of the advanced placement program for the college board. Authoritarian parenting style identity versus role confusion. Memory, thinking, and language chapters 78 learning objective 1 pp. A fiveunit lesson plan for high school psychology teachers. For selfefficacy, students often explained the term as general confidence rather than confidence in a specific ability, as would be required for selfefficacy. Learning and memory strategy demonstrations for the psychology. Barrons ap psychology, 5th edition long branch public schools. Reading a book while eating and not noticing the taste of the food because of being more interesting in the story. Please purchase the ap psychology prep book 5 steps to a 5. Indeed, psychology courses especially those taken early in the curriculum, such as introduction to psychology require the mastery of an entirely new lexicon before students can study more complex concepts balch, 2005. A knowledge cluster that provides expectations about topics, objects, people, and the like in ones life. Mastery of psychologys core concepts through elaborative rehearsal and the development of hierarchical schemas, you will master psychologys most important concepts.
Deep processing or elaborative rehearsal focuses on the meaning of an item. Abram recently graduated from high school and began his first year at a fouryear university. Welcome to advanced placement psychology at cambridge christian school. The continued rehearsal of material after you first appear to have mastered it. Ap psychology dear ap psychology student, congratulations on accepting the challenge of taking an advanced placement class. This entails connecting new material learned, with already existing long term memories. In this type of rehearsal repetitive tactics are not successful. Elaborative rehearsal intrinsic motivation selfefficacy unauthorized copying or reuse of any part of this page is illegal. It is highly recommended that students purchase the 8 th edition of the ap psychology barrons book.
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The demonstrations illustrate strategies that are empirically validated as effective for longterm memory retention and are readily applicable to both the psychology classroom and, more broadly, to college students study skills. Psychologist world psychology news, tests, theories and. Psychology an introduction to psychology notes psychology secondary course 3 fig. Ap psychology by laura maitland, published by mcgraw hill or arrons ap psychology, 7 th or 8 th edition.
Psychologists study how the brain creates thoughts, feelings, and actions, and how internal and external environments affect them. A better alternative to maintenance rehearsal is elaborative rehearsal. For instance, we can link the information to our personal experience or situation. B110 is now ready to interact with students who are beginning their foray into the scientific. Psychology definition for rehearsal in normal everyday language, edited by psychologists, professors and leading students. The ap psychology course is made up of 14 key topics and concepts, all of which you should obviously incorporate into ap psych study plan.
Melatonin dopamine go on to the next page practice test i 219 b d e iconic memory elaborative rehearsal chunking maintenance rehearsal. In order to permanently commit the term to your memory, you look up what it means it is a nerve cell, find. This involves thinking about the meaning of the information that is to be remembered, as well as making associations from that information to information already stored in memory the results of the research was clearcut. Elaborative rehearsal definition psychology glossary. Whether you are new to the ap experience or a seasoned veteran, i am confident that you will enjoy not only the rigor, but also the privileges that go along with taking an advanced placement course. Its highly recommended that you purchase the ap psychology prep book 5 steps to a 5 ap psychology 20142016 editions by laura maitland, published by mcgraw hill. Aspects of the subject matter of psychology intext questions 1. For elaborative rehearsal, students often discussed non elaborative strategies such as repetition. Ap psychology essential information waterford union high school.
Ap psychology 2016 by laura maitland, published by mcgraw hill. What is the difference between knowing something and knowing that we know. She therefore randomly selected two groups of children. The process of linking new information in a meaningful way with information already stored in memory or with other new information, to aid in its storage and retrieval from long term memory. Getting needed rest is difficult in part because school and work. Using your ap prep book, define each of the bold terms below and give an original example of each. Elaborative rehearsal is a process of making new information more meaningful by connecting it with other information already stored in longterm memories.
In his classic book, educational psychology, thorndike 19 discussed the impact and. Rehearsal in educational psychology refers to the cognitive process in which information is repeated over and over as a possible way of learning and remembering it. Make notations of the terms or concepts on which you need to concentrate. William james 18421910 welcome to advanced placement psychology. Jun 12, 2016 i would like to share why elaborative rehearsal is one of the best study skills and learning strategies. Deep processing involves elaboration rehearsal which involves a more meaningful analysis e. Instead you can use 27 elaborative rehearsal techniques such as 28 mnemonics, 29 chunking, 30 imagery, and 31 acronyms to enhance your. This technique consists of various approaches that you will be tested on throughout this quiz and worksheet combination. We will use this book as a study tool throughout the year as a supplementary textbook. The types of elaborative strategies incorporated into mnemonics can support this process. The material in this ebook also appears in the print version of this title.
By opening this packet, you agree to all of the ap programs policies and procedures outlined in the 201112 bulletin for ap students and parents. Insights into theories and explanations of human behavior and thinking. How memory operates the reconstructive nature of memory 1. Another type of rehearsal is elaborative rehearsal. Ap psychology summer work please write one paragraph for each of the bulleted terms.
In other words, how we remember something depends on how we. The nature of elaborative rehearsal we usually learn verbal information by rehearsing it. Mar 11, 2017 the simplest rehearsal strategy is to state the material such as, five, five, five, one, two, one, two over and over again until it seems unlikely that it will escape from memory. A second type of rehearsal is elaborative rehearsal. A researcher wished to study the impact of classical music on memory in children. E rehearsal, which causes the brain to devote more neurons to what is being.
The person rehearses or repeats the information without concentrating on its meaning therefore attending to the material at only a superficial level of processing. Using your ap prep book or a resource above website might be limited at times, define each of the. Elaborative rehearsal can be very useful when studying for an exam, because you are more likely to get a good grade on the exam. It is friday morning, may 25, and you will be taking the ap psychology exam. Two years later, after careful cultivation and creative collaboration, it has become a viable organism, with a name. Ap psychology test chapter 7 flashcards coursenotes. Using elaborative rehearsal instead of maintenance rehearsal can increase your success in learning and remembering facts. Ap psychology chapter 7 vocabulary drek321 flashcards. A workingmemory process in which information is merely repeated to keep it from fading. Elaborative rehearsal is a metacognitive learning strategy that encompasses many of these. It involves transferring information from shortterm memory to longterm memory by making the information meaningful in some way. Rehearsal is viewed in educational psychology as an ineffective way of getting information to the longterm memory. Elaborative rehearsal is one of many methods used to remember information.
You will use this book independently as a study tool. Read through cultural awareness and answer the following questions. A person can do this by saying aloud or thinking of material repeatably until it becomes a part of the working memory. The problem many students tend to have, however, is not knowing. Psychology and the unit 1 project in which students design their own research project. How are memory illusions a byproduct of a natural tendency of the brain. Insights into theories and explanations of behavior, emotion and thinking. What is the difference between maintenance and elaborative. We will use this book throughout the year as a supplementary textbook. Elaborative encoding is the process of actively relating new information to knowledge that is already in memory. Elaborative rehearsal is a technique to help the shortterm memory store thoughts and ideas and pass them into the longterm memory. I would like to share why elaborative rehearsal is one of the best study skills and learning strategies. On the unspeeded test, the simple effect of delay ap.
Serialposition effect this occurs when subjects show better recall for items at the beginning and end of. Based on your experience of student responses at the ap reading, what message. It works by relating new concepts to old concepts that are. Your paragraph should define and explain how the term will help taylor be academically successful. Elaborative rehearsal is a memory technique that involves thinking about the meaning of the term to be remembered, as opposed to simply repeating the word to yourself over and over. Learning and memory strategy demonstrations for the. When i am studying, i find it a lot easier to understand and remember the information if i am able to relate the information to prior knowledge or relate it one of my own personal experiences. We will use this book as a study tool throughout the year and as a supplementary textbook. One is maintenance rehearsal which involves repetition of information in order to keep the material active in shortterm memory.
The word psychology has its origin in two greek words and. Ap psychology 2001 scoring guidelines these materials were produced by educational testing service ets, which develops and administers the examinations of the advanced placement program. Schedule one or two times a week to either get extra help from me or to study with a friend. Ap psychology summer assignment 2 ap psychology summer. Psychology, ap edition ciccarelliwhite, 2nd edition 2011 to the ap psychology topics and learning objectives 5 ap psychology topics and learning objectives psychology, ap edition ciccarelliwhite, 2nd edition, 2011 4. The simplest rehearsal strategy is to state the material such as, five, five, five, one, two, one, two over and over again until it seems unlikely that it will escape from memory. This is an important issue for psychology, as well as the legal system.
Likewise, elaborative rehearsal is defined in this paper to occur when there is a positive correlation between duration of the rehearsal period subsequent test performance. I wrote this book to help students organize their thinking about psychology at a. Elaborative rehearsal scholar commons university of south. Rehearsal maintenance rehearsal o passive process of repetition o going over and over again, what is to be remembered elaborative rehearsal o during rehearsal material is given organization and meaning so that it can be fitted into existing organized long term memories 11. Instead you can use 27 elaborative rehearsal techniques such as 28 mnemonics, 29 chunking, 30 imagery, and 31 acronyms to enhance your retention. Hello, and welcome to advanced placement psychology at. On the relationship between recognition speed and accuracy for. Mar 06, 2014 elaborative rehearsal can make the longterm memory a lot stronger, meaning that one is more likely to recall the information at a later time. One group was asked to read and later to recall lists of words while soft classical music played in the background. Memories are a combination of old and new information, so the nature of any particular memory depends as much on the old information already in our memories as it does on the new information coming in through our senses.
Elaborative rehearsal refers to thinking about, organizing, and forming images of information to. Sensation and perception chapter 3 discuss basic principles of sensory transduction. The problem many students tend to have, however, is not knowing how much time to put into studying each of the 14 topics. Ridgways summer assignments the greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. In a moment, you will open the packet that contains your exam materials. The role of rehearsal in longterm memory performance. Instead you can use elaborative rehearsal techniques such as mnemonics, chunking, imagery, and acronyms to enhance your retention. Ap psychology summer work study guide please purchase the ap psychology prep book 5 steps to a 5. Explain with an example how experiencing each of the following in the past may affect abrams ability to succeed in college. Rehearsal serves not only to maintain information in shortterm memory but also to transfer material from shortterm to longterm storage.
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