Memory Flashcards
Explicit memory
can recall, consious
- semantic; general
- episodic; life events
- flashbulb memories; mentla snapshots
- effortful processing; concious
Implicit memory
uncious
- procedural memory
- formed in the cerebellum; basla ganglia
- space, time, frequency
- automatic processing
Sensory memory
Fleetibg
- Iconic and echoic
- can be recalled 3 or 4 seconds
Working memory
Retrospective, prospective
LOng term memory
Cna becoem long term by rehearsal
Short term memory
- 7 plus minus 2
effortful processing strtegies
chunking, mnemonics, spaced repititon, self-referacne, method of loci
Recency and primacy
Recency- only the end of the list rememberance
PRimacy- only the beginning of the list rememberance
Study pitfalls
Visual, acoustic encoding, and next in life effect
Amnesia
memory loss due to brain injury
Types of amnesia (6)
Anterograde, retrograde, traumatic, hysterical, infantile, source
Recall vs recognition
Recall- retrieving information that is not currently in your conscious awareness but that was learned at an earlier time
- A fill-in-the-blank question tests your recall
Recognition- identifying items previously learned
A mcq tests recognition
May depend on “retrieval cues” or hints tied to help remember information. (RHymes with, starts with, etc)
Unconsious associaitons (5)
state-dependent, context-dependent, mood-congruent, testing effect, metacogniton
Why we forget (5)
retrieval-failure, storage decay, repression, amnesia, interference
Misinformation effect
loftus
Memory construction types
reconsolidation, constructive, imagintation inflation
cosntructive memory
in other words what we don’t remember, we make-up using logic and context clues
reconsolidation
: the process that enables the update of a previously consolidated memory trace after its reactivation, though re-exposure to unconditioned stimuli, conditioned stimuli an/or context → details are lost with time, but can be remembered with help
imagination inflation
a type of memory distortion that occurs when imagining an event that never happened increases confidence in the memory of the event
