MEMORIEZ

Question 1

creating memories

Answer 1

brain stores info by physically changing connections between neurons

Question 2

synaptogenesis

Answer 2

growing new connections

Question 3

synaptic strength

Answer 3

increasing strength of a connection

Question 4

reminiscence bump

Answer 4

people over 50 asked to remember events from their lives. better memories during childhood fewer memories from middle age

Question 5

flashbulb memories

Answer 5

memory for circumstances surrounds shocking highly charged important events

Question 6

memories

Answer 6

can be easily distorted over time, and can be loss due to illness and injury

Question 7

anatta

Answer 7

the buddhist doctrine of “no self “

Question 8

self concept

Answer 8

belief and feelings about one self

Question 9

self awareness

Answer 9

awareness of self

Question 10

ego theories

Answer 10

self feels continuous because it is
dualism is a from of ego theory
“single thing can be called the self “

Question 11

bundle theories

Answer 11

the self is an illusion
no single thing that is a self
the self iss a continually changing set of sensations. and perceptions

Question 12

roger sperry

Answer 12

conducted first split brain research

found that the two halves can function independently

Question 13

Left hemisphere

Answer 13

controls right side of body and sees right side of visual field
CONTROLS LANGUAGE and is only conscious

Question 14

right hemisphere

Answer 14

sees left side of visual field and controls left side of body
unable to communicate w out left hemisphere
FUNCTIONS LIKE A COMPUTER it processes info w out any conscious experience