Memory Flashcards
recollecting specific events in time falls under which category of memory
Episodic memory
Remembering familiar objects or favts falls into which type of memory
Semantic
“Use it or lose it” This sentence describes which theory of forgetting memory
Decay theory
Forgetting occurs because other things we have
learned somehow prevent us from finding the information we want.
What theory of forgetting does this application relate to?
Interference theory or displacement
Activ forgetfullness falls under which theory of forgetting?
Repression
Proactive Interference of memory means what?
It means that Earlier learned information prevents recall of later learned information
Retroactive Interference:
, what does it mean in memory?
Recently learned information prevents recall of earlier learned informat
In korsakof syndrome, what structures of the brain are atrophied?
degeneration of the mammillary bodies and dorsomedial
nucleus of the thalamus
What is the most commonly affected type of memory in alzheimer disease?
Episodic memory
Medications used in treatment of self harm behavior
Lithium & Clozapine
Two processes could cause information to
disappear from Short Term Memory
Decay
Displacement
What is the cause of korsakoff syndrome?
Depleted Thiamine (vitamin B1) from chronic alcoholism
