Evolution of Memory

Question 1

What is sensitisation?

Answer 1

a increase in the magnitude of a response to a stimulus
e.g being in a state of fear and jumping at a noise

Question 2

What is habituation?

Answer 2

a decrease in magnitude of a response to a repeated stimuli

Question 3

What is episodic memory?

Answer 3

memories that contain info about what, where, when
includes autonomic consciousness

Question 4

What is autonoetic consciousness?

Answer 4

awareness that creates the conscious recollection of personal episodes

Question 5

Evidence has suggested that the hippocampus which is linked to episodic memory is a….

Answer 5

homologous structure

Question 6

What is a homologous structure?

Answer 6

one that is present in a shared ancestor

Question 7

What is episodic foresight?

Answer 7

prepares us for the future
the ability to project oneself into the future

Question 8

How can you test if animals have a sense of self?

Answer 8

examine animals’ reactions to their reflection
the mark test (marked in their body and see it in reflection)

Question 9

What is adapative memory?

Answer 9

refers to the preferential encoding, storage and retrieval of info that slickly to increase ability to survive and reproduce

Question 10

What are 3 characteristics of an adaptive memory system?

Answer 10

• adresses present, predicts future
• content selective (forget irrelevant information)
• enhances survival and reproductive fitness

Question 11

What is evidence for the adaptions in memory?

Answer 11

seen in the creation of processing modules which have specialised jobs
each module is domain specific

Question 12

What are the 5 survival and reproductive domains for adaptation?

Answer 12

• survival
• navigation
• reproduction
• social exchange
• kin