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Exam 2 - Memory continued Flashcards

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1
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Memory Network-

Connectionist – giant _________ :

A

web

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Connectionist – giant web:

- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ – concept or idea
- Associative links – connections between concepts
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Nodes

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Connectionist – giant web:

- Nodes – concept or idea
- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ – connections between concepts
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Associative links

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_________ : when a node is receiving strong input and ‘fires’

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Activation

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_________ : point at which the node fires

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Response threshold

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Response threshold: point at which the node fires

-Activates itself and it’s –

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neighbors

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Spreading Activation -

Has to reach threshold to _________ node

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activate

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One can think of memories like a web

The more embedded a memory is in the web, the more likely that it will _________ around

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stick

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9
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Improving memory is really better _________ your memories

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organizing

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Retrieval Cues -

Can ‘see’ network activation process when someone is having trouble _________ information

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recalling

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Semantic relationship between words primes people creating faster _________

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reaction times

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12
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Our knowledge about an event or situation influences our _________

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‘memory’

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_________ -

Highly detailed, exceptionally vivid ‘snapshots’ of the moment and circumstances in which surprising news was heard

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Flashbulb Memories

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Flashbulb Memories -

While vivid, memories are often _________ (Neisser & Harsch, 1992)

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inaccurate

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Why are Flashbulb Memories so Bad?

Often, we incorporate _________ experiences into our original memories

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later

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16
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_________ memories are more likely to be implanted

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Plausible

17
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Imagining memories are more likely to be _________

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implanted

18
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_________ : influence of receiving misinformation about a to-be-remembered event

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Misinformation effect

19
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Cognitive interviews
-Place individuals in the same psychological state as they were during the to-be-remembered event and give several _________ cues in hopes of activating memory network

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retrieval

20
Q

Arousal tends to be high during _________ events
- _________ enhances memory consolidation
traumatic memories tend to be better _________

A
  • traumatic
  • arousal
  • remembered
21
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_________ - even though you know there will be a change you still have a hard time finding it

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-Change blindness

22
Q

-Hit rate and false alarm rate are not _________ on each other - they are _________ of each other

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  • dependent

- independent

23
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_________ - where you decide to say when something is noise vs the voice you want to hear

A

Bias

24
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_________ - measure of space in between peeks of Signal Detection Theory curves
-a measure of sensitivity

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d prime

25
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a prime - same as d prime but on a more _________ scale

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manageable/understandable

26
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(a prime of yes/no = ____%)

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.5/50

27
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_________ Learning - Learning we use all the time, learning used while learning a new hobby or learning in school. Any learning where we are trying to learn or know that we are learning.

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Explicit

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_________ Learning - (learning to drive first time)

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Implicit

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Implicit Learning - (learning to drive first time)

  • Cant _________ the process easily (cant tell how to ride a bike easily)
  • _________ learning
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  • verbalize

- Motor

30
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_________ - damage to one area, affects one area

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Single Associations

31
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_________ - two areas of the brain with two independent roles - independent systems

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Double associations

32
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Subcortical structures -

- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ - forming new memories
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hippocampus

33
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Subcortical structures -

- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  - motor control
A

basal ganglia

34
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Subcortical structures -

- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ - sensory relay station
A

thalamus

35
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Subcortical structures -

- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ - emotion regulation
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amygdala

36
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EEG - Benefits: faster response time ( _________ sensitivity)
Downside: Not very _________ , can only look at cortex - not deep into brain

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  • temporal

- specific

37
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FMRI - Benefits: looks _________ into brain (structure and function), great spatial resolution

A

deep

38
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_________ - Alter electrical activity in brain

A

TMS

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