more chapter 6 cue cards

Question 1

persistence:

Answer 1

the intrusive recollection of events that we wish we could forget

Question 2

Memory misattribution:

Answer 2

assigning a recollection or an idea to the wrong source.

Question 3

Flashbulb memories:

Answer 3

which are detailed recollections of when and where we heard about shocking events.

Question 4

encoding pictures and words occur where in the brain?

Answer 4

prefrontal cortex and areas adjacent to the hippocampus

Question 5

what is the chemical and structural changes at the level of neurons for long term memory?

Answer 5

long term potentiation or a long lasting increase in the strength of synaptic responsiveness occurs.

Question 6

wht area of the brain is a key player to emotional events?

Answer 6

amygdala

Question 7

Name blocking is usually the result from damage to what area of the brain?

Answer 7

left temporal lobe on the surface of the cortex. Most often as a result of a stroke.

Question 8

what are some difficultuies with eyewitness testimonies?

Answer 8

1. Relative judgement bias 2. Eyewitness confidence and accuracy 3. cross racial identification 4. Unconscious transference

Question 9

False recognition:

Answer 9

a feeling of familirarity about something that hasn’t been encountered before.

Question 10

suggestibility:

Answer 10

is a tendency to incorporate misleading information from external sources into personal recollections

Question 11

Blocking:

Answer 11

a failure to retrieve information that is available in memory even tho you are trying to produce it.

Question 12

procedural memories occur where in the brain?

Answer 12

cerebellum

Question 13

change bias:

Answer 13

tendency to exagerate differences between what we feel or believe now and what we felt or believed in the past.

Question 14

Transience:

Answer 14

forgetting what occurs with the passage of time.

Question 15

source memory:

Answer 15

recall of when, where and how info was acquired

Question 16

egocentric bias:

Answer 16

the tendency to exaggerate the change between present and past in order to make ourselves look good in retrospect.

Question 17

short term memory tasks occur where in the brain?

Answer 17

frontal lobe

Question 18

Prospective memory:

Answer 18

remembering to do things in the future

Question 19

Bias:

Answer 19

the distorting influence of present knowledge, beliefs, and feelings on recollection of previous experiences.

Question 20

consistency bias:

Answer 20

is bias to reconstruct the past to fit the present

Question 21

how is hormones related to memory?

Answer 21

hormones released by the adrenal glands during stress and emotional arousal enhance memory. Hormones may affect memory by stimulating an increase in the level of glucose in the blood stream

Question 22

absentmindness:

Answer 22

a lapse in attention that results in memory failure

Question 23

reconsolidation:

Answer 23

memories can become vulnerable to disruption when they are recalled thus requiring them to be consolidated again

Question 24

Misinformation effect:

Answer 24

incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event.

Question 25

what is the chemical and structural changes at the level of neurons for short term memory?

Answer 25

temporarily alters the neurons ability to release the transmitters

Question 26

longterm potentiation:

Answer 26

a process whereby communicationa cross the synapse between neurons strengthens the connection making further communication easier.

Question 27

long term memory tasks occur where in the brain?

Answer 27

hippocampus

Question 28

formation of long term memories occurs where in the brain?

Answer 28

cerebral cortex

Question 29

transience occurs when?

Answer 29

during the storage phase of memory.