How good is your memory?

For the picture short-term memory test I was only able to remember 4 objects. I think this test is valid of my short-term memory because I was able to remember a few objects and will remember those 4 things for a short amount of time because I saw the briefly.

For the How is your memory for faces? I would said that the test isn't valid because it comprises so many different parts of the face and mixes them up together. Memorizing faces is generally easy for me even if I have seen a person only once. Since I didn't do as well as I expected I feel this test isn't accurate. I couldn't remember 5 of the face components.

For the Test your memory for an everyday object. I would say that this test is valid because if it something that is used constantly it should be easy to identify. Unfortunately I was unable to recognize the real penny as I was off by 2 of the 4 components. I feel this test is the most valid because it uses things that I will have the most ingrained in my memory.

Here is a cool article about forgetting

 

Social Psych... it's Real Life

Theme: Christmas

Compliance means to go along with someone else's demands, wishes and/or suggestions. A person may decide to go along with their friends in participating in a gift exchange. 

Obedience is a type of social influence that is obtained by reacting to someone's command or direct order. Someone goes to buy gifts for their extended family because their parents told them to.

Social facilitation is the improvement in an individual's performance when working with a group rather than working alone. A mom or dad is decorating the house for Christmas and when the rest of the family joins him or her the work gets done faster.

Group polarization is when a group of like-minded people reinforce each other's opinions and they become more extreme as their discussed. People who love the Christmas season decide to plan a party in which their decision about the party location gets more extreme. They go from holding the party at someone's house to renting out a hall.

Reciprocity norms are the ideas that favorable or unfavorable actions are reciprocated. A teen receives a for phone for Christmas and gives their parents watches.