Quiz 3 (ch. 8) Flashcards
(26 cards)
explicit mem
knowledge or experiences that can be consciously remembered
episodic mem
firsthand experi
ex. high school graduation day
semantic mem
knowledge of facts and concepts about the world
ex. know 1*8= 8
recall mem test
measure of explicit mem
involves bringing stuff from mem info that has been previously been remembered
recognition mem test
measures explicit mem
whether info has been seen or learned before
relearning
determine how much more quickly info learned when studied in the past
implicit mem
influence of experi on beh
even if not aware
3 types- procedural, classical cond and priming
procedural mem
unexplainably knowledge of how to do things
ex. play basketball
classical condit
associ. neutral stim w another stim = natural response
priming
changes in behavior as a result of experiences that have happened frequently or recently.
sensory mem
buffer
brief storage
iconic mem
visual
sperling
ex. letter remembering
echoic mem
auditory
STM
less than one min
way process info = working mem
spacing effect
learn better with breaks
primary effect
remember stim presented early on
recency effect
remember stim presented later in list
retroactive interference
learning new impairs ability retrieve old info
proactive interference
early learning impairs ability encode info try to learn later
schemas
patterns of knowl. in LTM help organize
Long term potentiation
strengthening synaptic conn. btw neurons
result of frequ. stim
retrograde amnesia
inabil retrieve events occurred before given time
anterograde amnesia
not transfer info from STM to LTM
*can’t make new mem.
sleeper effect
attitude change over time when forget source of info
