Memory Flashcards
Sensory memory
Temporary information pertaining to our senses, e.g., visual images (iconic memory) lasting .5 sec, and sounds (echoic memory) up to 4 sec.
Short term memory
Works to process ongoing information and to store memories for a short duration up to 30 sec.
Primary memory
“Holding tank” for small amounts of information requiring no manipulation (remembering 5 digits).
Working memory
Holds information, but manipulates it.
Long term memory
Neither limited in capacity nor duration.
Declarative memory
Involves conscious recollection of information or experience.
Semantic memory
Our memory of meaning of words, facts, and how they relate to one another.
Episodic memory
Refers to the capacity to recall autobiographical events.
Procedural memory
Recollection of skills, physical operations, and procedures.
Amnesia affects all memory except
Immediate memory
Difference between semantic and episodic memory
Involves difference between temporally distinct events and knowledge of the world in general.
Hypnosis on memories
Hypnotized people recall more false memories than true ones.
After a car accident, a patient presents with complaints of significant memory deficits. This patient is most likely to be malingering if testing reveals
intact attention
Redintegration
restoration of the whole of something from a part of it. E.g., smell of a meal reminding you of spending time at grandmas at 5 y.o.
Retroactive interference
The tendency of later learning to hinder the memory of previously learned material.
