Chapter 8

Question 0

What is memory?

Answer 0

Persistence of learning over time, through the storage and retrieval of information and skills.

Question 1

Why do we need to have memory?

Answer 1

Retain useful skills, knowledge, and expertise.
Recognize people
Language
Share culture
Sense of self
Go beyond conditioning in learning

Question 2

Evidences of memory

Answer 2

Recall- fill in the blank
Recognition- multiple choice
Relearn- study guide

Question 3

Encoding

Answer 3

Info gets into our brains in a way that allows it to be stored

Question 4

Storage

Answer 4

Info is held in a way that allows it to later be retrieved

Question 5

Retrieval

Answer 5

Reactivating and recalling info

Question 6

Atkinson shiffrin model

Answer 6

1. Sensory memory
2. Short term/working memory
3. Long-term memory

Question 7

Sensory memory

Answer 7

The immediate, very brief recording of sensory information

Question 8

Short term memory

Answer 8

We can hold 5-9 bits of info in short term memory. Usually lasts about 12 seconds

Question 9

Explicit memories

Answer 9

Formed through effortful processing

Question 10

Implicit

Answer 10

Formed through automatic processing

Question 11

Echoic

Answer 11

Auditory sensory information that can be recalled even if not paying attention

Question 12

Iconic

Answer 12

Visual sensory memory

Question 13

Effortful processing strategies

Answer 13

Chunking
Mnemonics
Hierarchy
Rehearsal and distributed practice

Question 14

Parts of the brain involved in storing memories

Answer 14

Hippocampus
Thalamus
Amygdala
Basil ganglia

Question 15

Flashbulb memory

Answer 15

Emotionally intense events that become burned in as a vivid seeming memory