Knowledge & Memory (WEEK THREE)

Question 1

FEAR CIRCUIT

Answer 1

> amygdala
hippocampus
pre-frontal cortex

Question 2

BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA

Answer 2

> processes emotional info + reward
goal-behaviour
associative learning

Question 3

RECONSOLIDATION

Answer 3

process of stabilising a memory after recalled

Question 4

PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS

Answer 4

responsible for navigation

Question 5

SEPTAL AREA

Answer 5

> influences emotion
praise processing

Question 6

DENTATE GYRUS

Answer 6

creates episodic memories

Question 7

THALAMUS

Answer 7

> emotions
memory
learning

Question 8

HYPOTHALAMUS

Answer 8

> produces hormones
regulates hunger, thirst & mood

Question 9

HIPPOCAMPUS

Answer 9

> learning
memory

Question 10

AMYGDALA

Answer 10

> emotion
behaviour
memory

Question 11

CINGULATE CORTEX

Answer 11

> pain processing
emotion
decision-making

Question 12

CONFIRMATION BIAS

Answer 12

tendency to disregard information not congruent with our current values, beliefs or understanding

Question 13

AVAILABILITY BIAS

Answer 13

tendency to rely on easily retrieved information to guide decision making

Question 14

SALIENCE BIAS

Answer 14

predisposition to focus on more prominent stimuli in our environment

Question 15

HEURISTICS

Answer 15

mental shortcuts subconsciously relied on when required to solve a problem

Question 16

RECENCY EFFECT

Answer 16

most recent items in a sequence can be recalled

Question 17

PRIMACY EFFECT

Answer 17

remembering earlier words in sequence; first items ‘stick’ in LTM

Question 18

SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY

Answer 18

ability of synapses to change strength over time; adapt to new information

Question 19

LIMBIC SYSTEM

Answer 19

group of interconnected brain structures responsible for emotion and behaviour

Question 20

SYNAPSE

Answer 20

junction between two cells

Question 21

NEURON

Answer 21

> cell that receives & sends messages from the body to the brain & back to the body
heart of the nervous system

Question 22

SERIAL RECALL

Answer 22

retrieval of items/memories in a specific order

Question 23

RETRIEVAL/RECALL

Answer 23

process of recovering stored memories & transferring back into conscious thought

Question 24

DECLARATIVE MEMORY

Answer 24

knowing a piece of information that can be consciously brought to mind and declared

Question 25

SEMANTIC MEMORY

Answer 25

> knowledge pertaining to the world around us > long-term > conscious & declarative

Question 26

PROCEDURAL MEMORY

Answer 26

> knowing/remembering how to do things > unconscious & non-declarative

Question 27

IMPLICIT MEMORY

Answer 27

> acquired and recalled without conscious awareness > long-term memory > not purposely stored

Question 28

EXPLICIT MEMORY

Answer 28

> ability to recall facts, ideas & events from one's life > declarative

Question 29

VISUOSPATIAL SKETCHPAD

Answer 29

temporary storage point for spatial information

Question 30

EPISODIC MEMORY

Answer 30

memory based on immediate, personal experiences

Question 31

PHONOLOGICAL LOOP

Answer 31

stores short-term verbal information

Question 32

WORKING MEMORY

Answer 32

immediate conscious perceptual & linguistics processing; short-term memory

Question 33

REGISTRATION

Answer 33

the point at which information enters the memory system