Study Guide
Comparison chart
A comparison chart provides a study tool that allows you to organize information visually into categories. This format helps you to see relationships among categories or characteristics. It is a very effective format to use when you need to be able to see the differences or similarities among facts, theories, theorists, processes, etc. You can create comparison charts that are bland, requiring you to fill in all of the information; completed with all of the information; or partially complete, depending on your learning needs and how you are expected to demonstrate your knowledge on tests.
Authority types(for a sociology class)
| Type | Primary Characteristics | Origin of the authority | Examples |
Information processing (for a cognitive psychology class)
| Type of memory | Information stored | Capacity | Duration of info. | Format |
| sensory | temporary; sensory info. | high | <1 second (vision) few seconds (hearing) |
literal |
| short-term | brief; info. currently being used | limited | <20 seconds | auditory & verbal |
| long-term | relatively permanent | unlimited (?) | long or permanent(?) | semantic |
Organic compounds (for a chemistry class)
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