Exam 2 lec 10 MEMORY

Question 1

Sensory:

Answer 1

very brief, last couple seconds of sensory info. Momentary images, echoes of sounds, and strong scents.

Question 2

Short-term/working:

Answer 2

what we can briefly retain

Question 3

Chunking:

Answer 3

Encoding information into larger more meaningful units. Organizing it into meaningful arrangements

Question 4

Serial position effect:

Answer 4

If we give people a list of words to remember and then later we ask them to remember theses words, folks show better retention of those words when they come from the beginning or the end of that list.

Question 5

Long-term:

Answer 5

permanent storehouse includes knowledge, facts, experiences, skills(dancing))

Question 6

Hippocampus:

Answer 6

saves explicit long-term memories but they are not permanently stored here. It acts as a loading dock where the brain registers and temporarily hold the elements to be remembered then they move to process called memory consolidation.

Question 7

Memory consolidation:

Answer 7

long term storage of memories throughout the brain system. sleep may help with consolidation.

Question 8

Long-term potentiation (LTP):

Answer 8

Increased efficiency of cell firing which provided a
neural basis for learning and remembering. (When you briefly stimulate a neuron for a period for time that neuron can fire more readily, giving it a brief electrical
stimulation. When one neuron readily communicates with one another, new synapses form with other neurons. When there’s more synapses between neurons, they communicate much more easily, they enhance the amount of communication they have with each other by growing more synapses).

Question 9

Encoding specificity:

Answer 9

Cues and context that are specific to a particular memory and are more helpful to recall it, cues that were present when we encoded it help us retrieve things better). It easier to recall info when we are in the same place in which we memorized or studied it.

Question 10

State-dependent:

Answer 10

implies to emotional and internal state. It is easier for us to remember memories associated with our emotions. Gloomy mood may make it easier to recall other bad times.

Question 11

Priming

Answer 11

An implicit invisible memory without our conscious awareness. Exposing someone to the word yellow will evoke a faster response to the word banana than it would to the word television. Yellow and banana are more linked in merry.

Question 12

Episodic

Answer 12

Specific memories we had. Ex. tell me about your fourth birthday

Question 13

Sematic

Answer 13

Facts we know and general knowledge. Capital of Belgium

Question 14

Implicit – cerebellum & basal ganglia

Answer 14

(Riding a bike or driving is implicit. If we have damages in those areas (cerebellum & basal ganglia) it is hard to learn these skills that require implicit memory systems.

Question 15

Amygdala:

Answer 15

we see an activation in the amygdala when a memory has a charge of emotional
overtone.

Question 16

Flashbulb memories:

Answer 16

Significant event that has an emotional tone to it. We usually perceive them to be more accurate than they are. Ex school shooting we remember location, activities, and feelings.