Memory Flashcards
absentmindedness
forgetting to do things
amnesia
loss of memories
anterograde amnesia
can’t form new memories
blocking
mental block
chunking
info can be chunked into larger units to help remember them
encoding
movement of info from short term memory to long term
episodic memory
remembering knowledge from specific past experiences/events
explicit memory
learning facts and events
flashbulb memories
very vivid memory
implicit memory
learning a skill or creating a habit usually through performance
long term memory
memory that has unlimited capacity and duration
long term potentiation
process of strengthening synapses to create long lasting signals
memory
a record for the past that is used for the present
memory bias
bias that alters the memory in some way because memories are not an exact replica of reality
mnemonics
mental tricks used to encode info for long term memory
persistence memories
unwanted memories that cannot seem to be forgotten
proactive interference
interference of old material making new material hard to remember
procedural memory
considered implicit memory
prospective memory
memory to do things in the future (intentional)-example: remember to take meds
reconsolidation
retrieving long term memories to use-example: a child learns a language while growing up
retrieval
basically remembering which is taking past info and memories from the LTM to the STM
retrieval cue
the things around us that cue your brain to remember or retrieve info
retroactive interference
learning new things sometimes causes u to forget the old things that have been remembered in the past
retrograde amnesia
can’t recall memories made before the amnesia-example: forget they have a car but remember how to drive
