Psychology courses move quickly through a long list of theories, researchers, landmark studies and technical terms. Each one is easy to follow when you read it, and easy to mix up a few weeks later.
Exams ask for precise recall: who proposed what, what a study found, and how two similar concepts differ.
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Psychology is full of look-alike concepts: classical and operant conditioning, validity and reliability, the stages of several different developmental theories. Re-reading blurs them together. Testing yourself on each one, at growing intervals, forces you to tell them apart and keeps them separate in memory until exam day.
Space Repeat doesn't include ready-made decks. You write your own cards, or import the ones you already have from a CSV file, so every card covers exactly what your course and exam need. And writing them is already your first round of learning.
The kind of cards you'd write yourself in Space Repeat: one clear question, one short answer.
Question
What is operant conditioning?
Answer
Learning through consequences: reinforced behavior becomes more likely, punished behavior less likely.
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What did Milgram's obedience study show?
Answer
Most participants kept giving what they believed were dangerous electric shocks when an authority figure told them to.
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Piaget's four stages of cognitive development
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Sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, formal operational.
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What is cognitive dissonance?
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The discomfort of holding conflicting beliefs, or acting against them, which pushes people to reduce the conflict.
Split each study into a few cards (researcher, method, findings, one criticism) and each theory into its key claims, so essay evidence is ready to recall.
Put look-alike concepts on cards that ask for the difference, like classical vs operant conditioning, so you learn to tell them apart.
The algorithm tracks every card and shows it again right before you would forget it. No manual planning required.
Every review session is a test, not a reading. Pulling information from memory is what builds lasting retention.
Every feature, spaced repetition included, is free to use while Space Repeat is in beta. Early users will be looked after when pricing arrives.
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No, there are no ready-made decks. You create your own cards, or import cards you already have from a CSV file or another flashcard app. The topics above are ideas for what to put in your deck. Writing cards in your own words takes a little longer than downloading a deck, but it's also the first step of learning the material, and every card ends up matching exactly what you need to know.
Yes, it's free while Space Repeat is in beta. You can build decks for each unit or topic and review them with full spaced repetition scheduling.
Yes. Essays are built from evidence: a study's aim, method and findings, a theory's key claims and its criticisms. Cards for each of those give you the building blocks to write from, instead of trying to memorize whole answers.
Split each study into a few cards: the researcher and year, what they did, what they found and one criticism. Small cards are easier to rate honestly and to recall under exam pressure.
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