Cognition (Guest Lecture) Flashcards
1
Q
Procedural Memory
A
knowing how to perform a skill
(aka implicit memory, non-declarative memory)
2
Q
Declarative Memory
A
Knowing something was learned with verbal retrieval
(explicit memory)
3
Q
Episodic Memory
A
Storage of events tagged in time, place, specific experience.
4
Q
Semantic Memory
A
Knowledge of general world, facts, word meaning
5
Q
Prospective Memory
A
Remembering to carry out intentions, future events
6
Q
Metamemory
A
Awareness of one’s own memory functioning
7
Q
Executive Functions
A
Conscious coordintion
Initiation, planning, sequencing, organization & regulation of behavior
8
Q
Initiation
A
Ability to start behavior to respond to information or intentions
9
Q
Inhibition
A
Ability to stop a behavior independent of internal drives and external stimuli
