Cognition Flashcards
(31 cards)
Sensory Memory
Quick brief recording of sensory information in the memory system
Short term (working) memory
Memory that can only have 5-9 items in it at a time
Where is short term memory stored
The hippocampus
Where is long term memory stored
The cerebellum
Long term memory
Relatively permanent memory that is limitless
Implicit/procedural memory
Occur without our awareness ex: walking
Iconic memory
Visual and lasts less than a second
Echoic memory
Auditory and lasts for about 3-4 seconds
Chunking
Organizing items into familiar manageable units
Mnemonics
Techniques to aid with memory
Episodic memory
Memory that contains details from personal experience
Ebbinghaus research
As time decreases memory decreases exponentially
Deep processing (semantic processing)
Encoding using meaning of words (school learning)
What process our explicit memories
The hippocampus
What processes our implicit memories
The cerebellum
Indelible memories
Unforgettable memories
Flashbulb memories
A clear memory of a emotionally significant event
Long-term potentiation
An increase in cell firing after stimulation (more times fired = easier to recall)
Mood congruent
Tendency to recall memories that are consistent with ones current mood
Serial position effect
We recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle ones
Anterograde amnesia
Inability to form new memories
Retrograde amnesia
Inability to remember old memories
Proactive interference
Prior/old learning interrupts new learning
Retrograde interference
New learning interrupts old learning
