Final Flashcards
(49 cards)
Forgetting
A failure to remember
Seven sins of memory
Transience, absentmindedness, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, persistence
Transience
Forgetting due to the passage of time
Absentmindedness
Forgetting due to lack of attention during presentation
Blocking
Forgetting due to the presence of other memories
Misattribution
Misattributing the source of the memory
Suggestibility
Forgetting due to the impact of outside sources
Bias
Forgetting due to prior mental states
Persistence
The memory sticks around when you don’t want it to
Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve
Retention is lost over the course of time
Reproductive memory
Prior knowledge comes back
Reconstructive memory
Filling in the gaps
Cue overload
The more things associated with a cue, the less effective the cue is
Skill
An ability that can improve over time through practice
Perceptual-motor skill
Learned movements guided by senses
Cognitive skill
Skill that requires problem-solving or the application of strategies
Closed skill
Predefined movements that ideally never vary
Open skill
Movements are made on the basis of the environment
Procedural or cognitive first?
Procedural
Power law of practice
The degree to which each new practice session improves performance diminishes after a certain point
Retrograde amnesia
Loss of previous memories
Ribot’s gradient
The newer the memory, the more likely it is to be lost
Anterograde amnesia
Inability to store new memories
Transient global amnesia
Temporary, once in a lifetime
