Chapter 9 Second Half Flashcards
Echoic Memory
Auditory sensory memory that lasts for 3-4 seconds
Iconic Memory
Visual sensory memory that lasts 1-2 seconds
George Miller
Recall capacity of the Magical Number Seven, plus or minus 2. Limited to about seven items.
Long-term Potentiation
An increase in a synapses firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory.
Amnesia
The loss of memory
Implicit Memory
Retention independent of conscious recollection (procedural memory)
ABC’s
Explicit Memory
A memory of facts and experiences that once can consciously know and “declare.” Declarative memory.
Hippocampus
A neural center that is located in the Limbic system and helps process explicit memories of storage
Cerebellum
Brain region extending out from the rear of the brain stem. Plays a key role in forming and storing the implicit memories created by classical conditioning.
Recognition
A measure of memory in which the person need only identity items previously learned - multiple choice
Relearning
A memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time
Priming
The activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory.
Deja Vu
“I’ve experienced this before”
State-dependent memory
M
Mood-Congruent Memory
The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with ones current good or bad mood
Ebbinhaus
Learned more lists of nonsense syllabus and measured how much he retained each list, from minutes to 30 days later.
Proactive Interference
The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information
Retroactive Interference
The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information
Repression
The basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings and memories.
Misinformation Effect
Incorporating misleading info into ones memory of an event
Source Amnesia
Attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined.
