Unit 5 Test- AP PSYCH

Question 1

Memory

Answer 1

the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information

Question 2

Process of Recording Memories

Answer 2

1:Encoding
2:Storage
3:Retrieval

Question 3

Encoding

Answer 3

The processing of information into the memory system-for example by extracting meaning

Question 4

Storage

Answer 4

The retention of encoded information over time

Question 5

Retrieval

Answer 5

the process of getting information out of memory storage

Question 6

4 Types (categories) of memory

Answer 6

1:Generic (Declarative)
2:Procedural (executive functioning)
3:Prospective
4:Episodic

Question 7

Generic (Declarative) Memory

Answer 7

Largest Type, “general knowledge” : academics, facts, dates, #’s images, etc.
- hippocampus and LAD

Question 8

Procedural (Executive functioning) Memory

Answer 8

Most Difficult Type : Learned skills & operational processes, memories of step-by-step actions with sequential origanization, requires higher learning abilities (math problems, recipes, changing car oil, etc), typically requires “muscle memory”—- riding a bike, typing, etc.
-hippocampus, LAD, moter cortex & cerebellum

Question 9

Prospective Memory

Answer 9

organizational memory used to recall appointments, dates & tasks schedules to be completed in the future
-hippocampus and LAD

Question 10

Episodic Memory

Answer 10

Most Basic : memories of specific events & experiences, type of memory most influenced by sensory input and emotion, memories most commonly repressed & “unlocked” by physical sensation and/or emotional cues
-hippocampus

Question 11

Flashbulb Memory

Answer 11

A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event; associated with intense emotion (trauma) that can be recalled with vivid detail, (Trauma activates the sympathetic nervous system and initiates the release of Acetylcholine)

Question 12

Serial Position Effect

Answer 12

Analysis of memory retrieval accuracy (or memory failure) of items presented in a list based on their position (location)

Question 13

Primacy Effect

Answer 13

Stimuli have the highest likelihood of retrieval (& accuracy) when located in the beginning of the list = Primacy Effect

Question 14

Recency Effect

Answer 14

Retrieval accuracy recovers with stimuli that are positioned @ the end of the list

Question 15

What happens located in the middle of the list

Answer 15

Likely memory Failure

Question 16

Conceptual Memory

Answer 16

Memory relative to the process of conceptual development (Natural, artificial & hiarchial concepts)…memories of schematic categories, memories of prototypes, memories of conceptual rules of assimilation

Question 17

Associative Memory

Answer 17

Memory retrieval based upon a stimulus’ relative similarity to other items within the schema… stimuli differences ofter delay or impair memory retrieval; bashful and doc (Sometimes stimuli differences can enhance memory retrieval; artichoke)

Question 18

Memory Summation

Answer 18

The minds natural tendency to draw conclusions & generalize the contents of a list or schema (contributes to false memory syndrome)

Question 19

False Memory Syndrome

Answer 19

caused by memories of a traumatic episode, most commonly childhood sexual abuse, which are objectively false, but in which the person strongly believes