STORAGE

Question 1

Storage

Answer 1

keeping information in our memory & the retention of encoded material over time.

Question 2

Sensory Memory

Answer 2

the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system

Question 3

Working Memory (short-term memory)

Answer 3

activated memory that holds a few items briefly, before the information is stored or forgotten.

Question 4

Long-term Memory

Answer 4

the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences

Question 5

Hippocampus

Answer 5

Long-term processing site for explicit memories (knowing what, declarative)

Damage to left hippocampus: trouble remembering verbal information

Damage to right hippocampus: trouble recalling visual designs and locations

Question 6

Cerebellum

Answer 6

plays role in processing implicit memories created through classical conditioning (know how, non-declarative)

Damage: people cannot develop certain conditioned reflexes

Question 7

Long-term Potentiation

Answer 7

The more a memory is utilized, the more potential strength that neuron has (sleep can strengthen this)