Chapter 9 Vocab Section 2 Flashcards
A momentary sensory memory of audio stimuli if attention is elsewhere sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds
Echoic memory
A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli a photographic or picture-image lasting no more than a few tents of a second
Iconic memory
Enshrined the recall capacity of the Magical Number Seven plus or minus two our short term memory typically stores just seven or so bits of information
George Miller
An increase in a synapses firing potential after brief rapid stimulation believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory
Long-Term Potential
Loss of memory
Amnesia
retention independent of conscious recollection
Implicit memory
A memory of facts and experiences that once can consciously know and “declare”
Explicit memory
A neural center that is located in the limbic system and helps process explicit memories for storage
Hippocampus
The brain region extending out from the rear of the brain steam plays a key role in forming and storing the implicit memories created by classical conditioning
Cerebellum
A measure if memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier as on a fill-in-the-blank test
Recall
A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned as on a multiple choice test
Recognition
A memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time
Relearning
The activation often unconsciously of particular associations with memory
Priming
The eerie sense that “I’ve experienced this before” cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience
Déjà vu
The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with ones current good or bad mood
Mood congruent memory
