Unit 5- Memory, Cognition and Language Flashcards
Recall
measure of memory to retrieve information you learned from past
Encoding
process of getting information into memory system
Short term memory
activated memory that holds few items briefly before the info is stored and forgotten (people’s phone numbers)
Long term memory
relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory system
working memory
part of short term memory. it does something with the short term memory. (adds conscious, active processing of info)
Explicit memory
retention of facts and experiences that we can consciously declare
Automatic processing
unconscious encoding of incidental information (when you read a book you can remember where you are, but not what it said)
Implicit memories
retention of learned skills which we learn unconsciously (riding a bike, or walking to the bathroom at night)
cerebellum processes
basal ganglia responsible for motor skills
Iconic memory
visual stimuli
Echoic memory
auditory stimuli
Mnemonics
memory aids (like my “are you stressed” to remember GAS phases)
Shallow processing
encoding basic level
acoustic encoding: processing of sound
visual encoding: process of remembering visual images
Deep processing
encoding semantically based on meaning of words
semantic encoding falls under this
semantic memory
explicit memory of facts and general knowledge
Episodic memory
explicitly memory of personally experienced events
hippocampus
processes memories for storage of explicit memories
Long term potentiation
we are able to remember because of this
basically allows for new information to get in
Context dependency principle
cues and context to a particular memory will help recall it
