Chapter 6 (Memory) Flashcards
(24 cards)
Encoding
Paying attention/ transforming info that can be stored into memory
Retrieval
Stored info brought to mind
Encode ➨ Store ➨ Retrieval
Sensory Memory
Stuff we see, hear, feel: very brief
Short Term Memory (STM)
Stuff we remember for a long time
Long Term Memory (LTM)
Stuff we remember for a short time
Nondecarative Memory
LTM subsystem
Declarative
Facts + info personal info, experiences,
Episodic
Memory from personal experience
Encoding failure
To forget things
Consolidation Failure
Failure to make new permanent memories
Decay
When memories are gone
Interference
Mixing up info
Proactive Interference
When old memories causes us to forget new info
Motivated Forgetting
Repression
Retrieval Failure
Unable to remember
How to remember Shite
Organize = i.e Chapters
Over learn = repetition
Spacing = Not cramming
Active learning = learning by rule (not ROTE, memory)
Mnemonics = Rhymes, i.e. Columbus sailed…
Chunking: I.e. TVCIACBCYMCA = TV CIA CBC YMCA
Memories are reconstructions
Infinite amnesia
When memories are all gorn
Flashbulb Memory
Learning through trauma
Eidetic memory
photographic memory
Primary/Recency effect
First and last info learned
Hippocampus
The part of the brain that runs memory
Anterograde amnesia
Inability to make new memories
Improving memory
Concentration Minimize interference Allow enough time to study Break down large information Rephrase materiel in own words Test ones self Review Just show up
Semantic memory
Semantic memory refers to a portion of long-term memory that processes ideas and concepts that are not drawn from personal experience
