Memory Flashcards
What is procedural memory used for?
Remembering automatic skills
Define encoding
gettting info into brain
Define implicit memory
retention that doesn’t require conscious recollection
define iconic memory
a fleeting sensory memory of a visual stimuli
define echoic memory
fleeting sensory memory of auditory stimuli
define chunking
organizing items into sensible units
define spacing
studying evenly for max retention
testing effect
enhancing memory by retieving not just reading material
shallow processing
encoding based on the structure of words
deep processing
encoding based on the meaning of the words
what am I? a neural center located in the limbic system: helps process explicit memories for storage
hippocampus
deep brain structure involved with motor movement
basal ganglia
responsible for emotion related memory
amygdala
what is the increased efficiency of neural firing after brief, rapid stimulation known as?
long term potentiation
what are the three ways that retention is measured
recall, recognition, and relearning
what is priming?
The awakening of associations
mood congruent memory
recalling experiences that are consistent with your current mood
define serial position effect
tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list
anterograde amnesia
inability to form new memories
retrograde amnesia
inability to retrieve info from the past
proactive interference
disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new info
retroactive interference
disruption of new learning on the recall of old info
