cognition Flashcards
(54 cards)
priming
is the activation of information that people already have in storage to help them remember new info better and faster
Schema
is a preexisting mental concept that helps people to organize and interpret information
Script
is a schema for an event
Connectionism
is a theory that memory is stored throughout the brain in connections among neurons
Semantic network theory
represents semantic relations between concept
a representation of memory that describes the organization of declarative facts and knowledge in the mind
Long term potential
if two neurons are activated at the same time the connections between them stregthen
memory retrieval
thinking that produces many solutions to the same problem
Mnemonic devices
memory tricks used when encoding
Serial position effect
the tendency to recall the items at the beginning and the end of a list
primacy effect
better recall at the beginning of a list
recency effect
refers to better recall for items at the end
nodes
locations of neural activity is interconnected
recall
individual has to retrieve previously learned information
recognition
is a memory tas in which the individual only has to identify learned items
context dependent memory
attempting to recall information in the same context in which they learned it
state dependent
things we learn in one internl state are more easily recalled when in the same state again
flashbulb memory
is the memory of emotionally significant events that people often recalled with more accuracy and vivid imagery
motivated forgetting
occurs when something is so painfully or anxiety laden that remembering it is intolerable
Reconstruction or reconstructed memory
retrieval of memories that can be distorted by adding droppingor changing details to fit a chema
relearning
taes less time to relearn
concept
metal categories that are used to group objects events and characteristics
retroactive interference
is a phenomenon that occurs when newly learned information interferes with and impedes that
proactive interference
material that was learned earlier disrupts the recall of material that was learned later
decay thory
when we learn something new a neurochemical memory trace forms but over time this trace disintergrates
