Chapter 7 Flashcards

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what is memory?

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our ability to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge

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what are the 3 phrases of memory?

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encoding - processing (consolidation)
storage - retention
retrieval - remembering

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what is reconsolidation?

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every time we activate a memory, we store it again for retrieval
(stored memories may differ from original version)

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how does long term storage work?

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results from forming new connections and strengthening connections between neurons

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what is long term potentiation?

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strengthening of a synaptic connection, making the postsynaptic neurons more easily activated by presynaptic neurons

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what different parts of the brain are used for LTM?

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hippocampus - encoding
medial temporal lobes - forming new memories
visual and auditory cortex - reactivated when remembering a visual or auditory memory

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what are the different types of memories?

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sensory memory
short term memory (working memory)
long term memory

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what do STMs do?

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hold info until it is stored or forgotten

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what is your working memory?

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short amount of info can be stored and manipulated with working memory

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what is chunking?

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we put together meaningful units to easily remember strings of numbers or letters
ex - phone number (xxx-xxx-xxxx)

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primacy vs recency

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primacy - remember first part of list better
recency - remember last part of list better (working memory)

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what is maintenance rehearsal?

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repeating over and over

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what is elaborative rehearsal?

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encoding in meaningful ways and anaylizing it

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what is explicit memory?

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episodic memory (autobiographal)
semantic memory (facts)

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what is implicit memory?

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procedural memory (muscle memory)

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what is prospective memory?

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remembering to do something

17
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what is amnesia?

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can result from disease, brain injury, and psychological trauma

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what are the two types of amnesia?

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retrograde - can’t remember before trauma/injury
anterograde - can’t remember after the trauma/injury

19
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what is source amnesia?

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we know something but don’t know how we know
ex - childhood amnesia

20
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what is dementia?

A

deterioration of thinking, memory, and behavior
Alzheimer’s disease
-plaques form in brain
-ACh is very low
-genetic predisposition

21
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what is PTSD?

A

intense memories of traumatic events and easily triggered to remember them
(flashbacks)

22
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what can happen with PTSD?

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some might have trouble remembering the traumatic event
other experience STM loss
some experience dissociative amnesia
those with PTSD have diminished hippocampal volume

23
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what is HSAM?

A

highly superior autobiographal memory
highly accurate and detailed memory for autobiographal events

24
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what are false memories?

A

when someone imagines event, mental images of details form
misattribute source of dream

25
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what is one issue with false memories?

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eyewitness accounts might not be accurate