Mnemonics

= MNEMONIC CONTEST!!! = THANKS STEVE JONES FOR THE WRITE-UP! =// Vote for your favorite mnemonic poster; click on word VOTE and choose corresponding LETTER/name of poster //= Students see how your poster is stacking up! Summary of votes

=BLOCK 1= = VOTE a) Erikson's Stages (pegword) - Thanks to Michael Britt, Pychfiles for peg-word mnemonic =

= VOTE b) "Retro"grade Amnesia (keyword: "retro") =

= VOTE c) Charlie Sheen, Dopamine! (rhyme) =

= VOTE d) SAME - "E"fferent, "A"fferent neurons (association) =

= VOTE e) Positive (R), Negative (L) skews with TOES! (visual aide) =

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= VOTE f) GABA STOP! Inhibitory neurotransmitter (visual aide) =

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= = = = = = = VOTE g) Polarized neurons at the north "pole" (keyword); negative Grinch! =



=BLOCK 2=

= = = VOTE h) Cocktail Party effect - female chickens "clucking" at a party and ignoring other sounds (visual aide) =



= = = = = VOTE i) CAT or CT scan (visual) = = = = =

= VOTE j) Corpus Callosum: (keyword: Cor"plus" Callo-"sum") - thanks to Michael Britt of psychfiles = = =

= VOTE k) fMRI & Butterfly - shows structure (wings/brain hemispheres) and function (flying/brain activity) -- visual association = = = = =

= = = VOTE l) Semantic encoding (rhyme) No mindless reading!! Give it MEANING!! = = = = = = =

= = = VOTE m) Types of descriptive research (visual value-meal style) = ==

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= VOTE n) Trichromatic theory RBG vs. Opponent Process theory (visual association, rhyme) = = = = = = =

= VOTE o) Social Clock (keyword, visual): Cultural timing of events = == = =

= = = VOTE p) MAO monster (association, alliteration) =



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= VOTE q) Flashbulb Memories (keyword FLASH) = = = ==

= VOTE r) Episodic memories (keyword-"episode", visual aide) =



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= VOTE s) "S"erial position effec"T" (association) = = =

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= VOTE t) Foveal vision (cluster of cones*clarity - alliteration) =

= VOTE u) Transduction of the ear (visual aide) =

= VOTE v) a"SS"imilation vs. a"CC"omodation (association/acrostic) = == = = = =

= VOTE w) Narcolepsy (visual association) = = =

= VOTE x) Fluid vs. Crystallized Intelligence (visual association waterfall vs. growing crystal) =



= VOTE y) Sympathetic nervous system (visual association) = = =

= = = VOTE z) Parasympathetic Nervous System (keyword PARACHUTE) = = =

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= = = VOTE az) Sleep Disorders (acrostic) =



= VOTE bz) Theories of Hearing Place vs. Frequency (visual association, alliteration) =



=LATER ENTRIES=

= VOTE cz) Transduction of Vision (acrostic - "Rude Babies Giggle Obnoxiously Throughout Oxford") =



= = = = = VOTE dz) Gate Control Theory (visual association, rhyme) =



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