attention and memory

Question 1

autobiographical memory

Answer 1

remembering information and events from our own life.

Question 2

source memory

Answer 2

ability to remember traumatic or unexpected events

Question 3

false memory

Answer 3

remembering items or events that did not occur

Question 4

cognitive reserve

Answer 4

specific factors help preserve memory

Question 5

external aids

Answer 5

rely on environmental sources, ex. notebooks or calendars

Question 6

internal aids

Answer 6

rely on mental processes, ex. imagery

Question 7

Information-processing model

Answer 7

When we have information coming from the outside (sensory memory)

Question 8

age-related slowing

Answer 8

takes about 1.4 to 1.7 times as long to carry out cognitive processing

Question 9

Attention

Answer 9

ability to focus selectively on a stimulus, sustaining that focus, and shift it at will.

Question 10

selective attention

Answer 10

the ability to attend to reve

Question 11

short-term/working memory

Answer 11

“workbench” of currently active information. Includes tasks that combine storage and manipulation.

Question 12

episodic memory

Answer 12

recollection of specific events

Question 13

semantic memory

Answer 13

acquired world knowledge

Question 14

what is the order of age-related declines?

Answer 14

recall>remember>know

Question 15

what are the multiple functions of autobiographical memory?

Answer 15

directive function (guide behavior), self-function (sense of self), and social function)

Question 16

reminiscence bump

Answer 16

number of recalled memories peaks in early adulthood

Question 17

flashbulb memories

Answer 17

loss of a significant other/family member, associated with personally significant positive or negative event. it’s vivid, detailed and long-lasting

Question 18

perspective memory

Answer 18

remembering to perform a planned action in the future