Running head: TWO FORMS OF DEDUCTIVE REASONING – ABSTRACT AND THEMATIC – AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH WORKING MEMORY 1 Abstract The relationship between two forms of deductive reasoning - abstract and thematic - and working memory capacity were examined. Two forms (abstract and thematic) of the Wason selection task and the Ospan test for general working memory capacity were used. Seventy eight‚ third-year‚ distance psychology students were tested in a counterbalanced experimental design.
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For the Functionalists‚ education performs a positive function for all individuals in society and has a powerful influence over it. The education system serves the needs of an industrial society by providing a more advanced division of labour; socialising new generations into societies shared norms and values and‚ according to meritocratic criteria‚ allocates roles in. Education supposedly meets societies through three related economic roles; socialisation; allocation and vocational training.
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Cecilia Nguyen Evaluate two models of one cognitive process This essay will be discussing one particular cognitive process: the memory by evaluating two models‚ which are the Multi store model introduced by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968 and the Working memory model by Baddeley and Hitch in 1974. The first model is the multi store model. It was first proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968 and is a typical example of the information-processing approach. According
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as this express our heartfelt gratitude towards all those people who are directly or indirectly engaged with our project. Our group members are heartily thankful to the director of our college‚ Dr. Sarla Achuthan for assigning us such task of working on a project which helps us to apply
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In Psychology‚ it is important to be able to critically evaluate a claim about human behavior. I evaluated many different articles in this course and had to determine if they are creditable or not. Critical thinking helped me throughout this course in order to prove creditability on articles discussing human behavior. Over time I gained more knowledge when it comes to evaluation a claim. This is an important skill to have and is extremely useful in this course. To begin with‚ my major writing assignments
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Multi store model of memory The idea of a multi store memory was discovered by Atkinson and Shiffrin in 1968 and argues that memory can be divided into three separate structures; (commonly referred to as stores) sensory memory‚ short term memory and long term memory. Information from the environment first enters the sensory memory also known as (sensory store) encoded through one of the five senses depending on the type of information. It remains in the sensory memory for duration of 2 seconds
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Outline and Evaluate strategies for memory improvement. (12 marks) The first main memory improvement technique is the use of verbal mnemonics that focuses around words. For example acronyms‚ (where a word or sentence is formed from the initial letters of other words) e.g. - UNICEF - The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund. Another technique is an acrostic (a poem or sentence where the first letter in each line/word forms the method used for the item being remembered). E-g Homework
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Outline and evaluate research into the duration of memory (12 marks) Peterson and Peterson researched into the duration of the STM. They used trigrams and asked their participants to recall them after a retention interval‚ the retention interval was different every time. They found that after 3 seconds participants could recall about 90% correctly but after 18 seconds only 2% could be recalled correctly. Peterson and Peterson concluded that the STM has a limited duration and when rehearsal is
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As the Roaring Twenties decade was winding down to an end‚ the strength in America’s economy continued to grow weaker. The stock market had been falling at such a rapid pace‚ that it had become questionable on whether or not the United States would be able to recover‚ because it had led the United States into a depressing period in history. The stock market had officially reached it’s lowest point on October 29‚ 1929. Leading up to this day‚ there were several stock markets across the country that
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Critically evaluate Pinker ’s claim that music is auditory cheesecake: Pinker’s metaphorical expression for music was “auditory cheesecake”‚ explaining that he considered this function “useless[as a biological adaptation]” (Pinker 1997‚ p.528). Perhaps avid listeners comfort feed their minds with acoustic cheesecake‚ but musical knowledge presents the impact of such sweetness goes far beyond just licking the spoon. Extracting Pinker’s perspective‚ this essay will discuss whether music is valuable
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