Chapter 6 Flashcards
Explicit Memory
Relates to anything where you have to pause and think for a while(search for)
Episodic memory
Any memory that relates to YOUR OWN LIFE
Semantic Memory
Relates to something you have learned at some point
Implicit Memory
-Think of this as any of the things you’re able to do without having to actively think about it.
-tying shoes
-automatic skills,physical activities
Retrospective memory
recalling of information that has been previously learned (episodic, semantic, and implicit memories)
Prospective memory
remembering to do things in the future
(paying bills)
Encoding
Act of inputting info into memory
Storage
Place where info is retained in memory
Retrieval
process of accessing info in memory and pulling it into consciousness
Iconic Sensory Memory
visual memory
Echoic Sensory Memory
sound memory
Short-Term Memory (STM)
Information is HELD for brief periods of time.
-2nd stage of memory processing
Sensory Memory
Very 1st Stage of Memory: Information enters the nervous system through sensory systems
Iconic Sensory Memory
Echoic Sensory Memory
serial position effect
stage of memory that can hold information for up to a minute
chunking
Bits of information are combined into meaningful units, or chunks, so more information can be held in short term memory
Long-Term Memory (LTM)
The systerm of memory into which information is place to be kept more or less permanently.
-Elaborative Rehearsal
flashbulb memory
preserve experiences in detail
Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon
feeling that information is stored in memory, but is not easily retrieved
context dependent memory
information that is better retrieved in context of when it was received
state dependent memory
information that is better retrieved in the physical state or emotional state it was learned
relearning
learning something more rapidly the second time, even if we forget
relearning
learning something more rapidly the second time, even if we forget
Retroactive Interference
Forgetting that occurs when newer memory traces inhibit the retrieval of older memory traces
-EX: moving to new house and then forgetting older address
Proactive Interference
Occurs when older memory traces INHIBIT the retrieval of newer memory traces
Repression
Type of forgetting proposed by Sigmund Freud in which memories for events, desires, or impulses that we find threatening are pushed into an inaccessible part of the mind called the unconscious
Infantil Amnesia:
The ability to forget or remember memories from much before age 3
Retrograde Amnesia:
Loss of memory from the past
Anterograde Amnesia:
inability to form new long-term memories (declarative memory)
long-term potentiation
a persistent increase in synaptic strength following high-frequency stimulation of a chemical synapse
With repetition, the mouse soon learns to locate the platform more quickly.
hippocampus
structure in the limbic system, formation of new memories
