Mnemonics+2012

=Mnemonics 2012-13= ===CONTEST - remember the letter of your choice - it will be easier; also have a reason WHY you think the poster is HELPFUL=== SUMMARY OF VOTES

=FIRST BLOCK=

choices a through j
=**VOTE a**= Visual for CENTRATION*CONSERVATION - Piaget's Cognitive Development Incorporates acrostic "__**S**__tinkin __**P**__igs __**C**__an't **__F__l**y"



=VOTE b= Visual for PERCEPTION
 * TOP-DOWN** (convertible with top down) - allows person to see BIG PICTURE/WHOLE - interpret, organize whole event
 * BOTTOM-UP** (shut car) - only see smaller details

=VOTE c= Acrostic for the INFORMATION PROCESSING MODEL __**E**__very __**S**__tudent __**R**__eads __**E**__ncode __**S**__tore __**R**__etrieve

=VOTE d= Visual and rhyme for NEXT IN LINE EFFECT: "Don't be //afraid//, just memorize those //names//!"



=VOTE e= Visual and KEYWORD and alliteration Cere__**BELL**__um - __**B**__alance and coordination and muscle memory (implicit)

===Special thanks to Michael Britt **this mnemonic is based off of his helpful video HOW TO MEMORIZE PARTS OF BRAIN**===

=**VOTE f**= VISUAL for NEGATIVE SKEW*POSITIVE SKEW LEFT or NEGATIVE (dog's tail represents FEW people pulling average DOWN); RIGHT or POSITIVE (right foot represents FEW people pulling average up) //Remember:// //Negative skew: Few people do poorly (TAIL), most do well = average pulled down// //Positive skew: Most people do poorly (LEG), few do well (LITTLE TOES) = average pulled up//

=**VOTE g**= Visual for TOP-DOWN, BOTTOM UP Processing Alliteration __**T**__OP-DOWN __**T**__ree (Big Picture) __**B**__ottom-up __**B**__ranches (small details)

=**VOTE h**= Acrostic for the SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY
 * H**ot **M**esses **F**ree **A**nimals **C**ausing **R**iots **or Acronym HMFACR**
 * H**it
 * M**iss
 * F**alse **A**larm
 * C**orrect **R**ejection
 * Remember, it's the situation/environment or HMFACR that causes people to notice stimuli**

= = =VOTE i= VISUAL (+keywords) for AINSWORTH'S ATTACHMENT Se**__//C//__**ure (//**__C__**//omfortable); Ambivale//__**N**__//t (__//**N**//__ervous); Avoida__//**N**//__t (__//**N**//__o interest)

=VOTE j= VISUAL for TRANSDUCTION of GUSTATION and Acrostic - //__**P**__//armesan (__//**p**//__apillae); __//**T**//__ortellini (__//**T**//__aste Buds); //__**D**__//ried //__**B**__//asil __**//L//**__eaves (__//**D**//__endrites); __//**T**//__omato Sauce (//__**T**__//halamus); //__**M**__//eat (//__**M**__//ultiple-lobes)

=THIRD BLOCK=

choices k through t
=VOTE k= VISUALS for the major MONOCULAR or depth cues we can see with one eye

=VOTE L= VISUALS for Diana Baumrind's PARENTING STYLES //** Authoritative = GREEN **__GO GO__// //** Authoritarian = RED **__ANGER__// //** Permissive = YELLOW, **__MELLOW__// //** Neglectful = BLACK **//

=VOTE m= VISUALS and Acrostic for the LAWS OF GESTALT Acrostic - __**F**__our __**P**__urple __**C**__razy __**C**__ows __**C**__an __**C**__ount __**S**__even __**S**__tars __**F**__igure ground - visual selective attention __**P**__roximity - group by how close together __**C**__losure - group by filling in the gaps __**C**__ontinuity - break down into smooth patterns __**C**__ommon Fate - group by objects that move together __**C**__onnectedness - group by attachment __**S**__implicity (Pragnanz) - break down complex objects into simple overlapping images __**S**__imilarity - group by color, size, shape, etc.



===Should credit Gary Fisk for some of the above examples featured in his Laws of Gestalt animation===

=VOTE n= VISUAL of THALAMUS HAL&AMOS directing sensory signals EXCEPT smell



===Special thanks to Michael Britt **this mnemonic is based off of his helpful video HOW TO MEMORIZE PARTS OF BRAIN**===

=VOTE o= VISUALS for REFLEXES Visual - Grasping Visual and KEYWORD __**ROOT**__ing - when baby's cheek is touched, looks for food Visual and KEYWORD and alliteration "__**//M//**__ama **__//M//__ORO**, don't DROP //M//E!" Visual and KEYWORD Babin__**SKI**__'s reflex - foot/toes reflex, __**ski**__ with FEET!



= = =VOTE p = NARCOTICS Visual and rhyme We rely on **metha//done//** because we can't quit **heroine al**//**one...**// Narcotics //exist// as //**endorphin agonists**//

=VOTE q =

DEPRESSANTS Visual and alliteration __**D**__epressants __**D**__ecrea//**s**//e //**s**//peed

=VOTE r= Visual for STIMULANTS Dopamine Agonists = speed us up; then CRASH!

=VOTE s = VISUAL for ACTION POTENTIAL

=VOTE t = IDENTICAL*FRATERNAL

=FOURTH BLOCK=

choices u through ss
=**VOTE u**= Visual and rhyme PERCEPTUAL SET (Perceptual Set=never forget - the assumptions of terrorist act)

=VOTE v= VISUAL and play on words **"**YOUNG-HELMHOLTZ**"** YOUNG HELMHOLTZ theatre presents THE CONES, starring RED BLUE GREEN (produced by Trichromic Co.)

=VOTE w= VISUAL for BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER - only Psychoactive/Psychotropic drugs break in! (Animals represent "drugs" getting into garden "barrier")

=VOTE x= Visual for PLACE*FREQUENCY theories of audition, hearing

=VOTE y= VISUAL for INFORMATION PROCESSING MODEL encode, store, retrieve (In a BANK: put $ in; save/earn interest; take $ out)



=VOTE z= Acronym for FEATURE DETECTORS S.A.M. (shape, angle, movement) by psychologists Hubel and Weisel

=VOTE zz= Acrostic, acronym for CONDUCTIVE HEARING LOSS Acrostic Outer Ear: PET Pinna Ear Canal Tympanic Membrane Acronym Middle Ear (Ossicle Chain) HAS MIS

=VOTE yy= Visual and keywords for SOCIAL LEARNING theory "Money __**see**__, monkey //__**do**__//" (__**observing**__, //__**imitating**__// = key words!)

=VOTE xx= VISUAL, KEYWORD, and ACRONYM for **WEBer's Law** It's the PERCENT % or proportion which helps us notice a change (notice the SNOUT!) = **WEB**er's law (keyword) Acronym **P.I.G.-//__P__//**ERCENT __//**I**//__S //__**G**__//IVEN (look at the pig's squiggly tail!!!)



=VOTE ww= Visual for OBJECT PERMANENCE "Slenderman" : It's there even though we are unaware

=VOTE vv= VISUAL for THALAMUS and LOBES Thalamus DIRECTS(!) Sound ---> Temporal Lobe Sight ---> Occipital Lobe Touch, Pain, Temperature ---> Parietal Lobe

===Special thanks to Michael Britt **this mnemonic is based off of his helpful video HOW TO MEMORIZE PARTS OF BRAIN**===

=VOTE uu= VISUAL SHORT TERM MEMORY + acronym **DORY** "__**D**__oesn't __**O**__vertime __**R**__emember __**Y**__ou"

=VOTE tt= Visual and Acrostic Atkinson-Shiffrin 3-stage model Acrostic Feeling (touch, see, hear): Sensory memory I'm Smurf (small,limited): Short-Term Memory on sabbatical (extended): Long-Term Memory

= VOTE ss = Visual for MONOCULAR CUES

Ms. Vita's rhyme for ABSOLUTE THRESHOLD - The thres//hold// is the point where you "//know//"; the //lower// your threshold, the more sensitivity //flows// NOT IN CONTEST