Unit 6 Flashcards
Encoding
Th processing of info into the memory system, for example extracting meaning
Flashbulb memory
A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
Sensory memory
The immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system
Short term memory
Activated memory that holds a few item briefly, such as 7 digits of a phone number
Long term memory
The relatively permanent and limitless store house of the memory system. Include knowledge, skills, and experiences
Working memory
A newer understanding of short term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial info,& info from long term memory
Mnemonics
Memory aids
Chunking
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; occurs automatically
Long term potentiation
An increase in synapse firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation
Amnesia
Loss of memory
Implicit memory
Retention independent of conscious recollection
Explicit memory
Memory of facts and experiences that no one can seriously know or declare
Recall
A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier
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Recognition
A measure of memory in which a person need only identify items previously learned.
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Priming
The activation of certain associations
Mood congruent memory
The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one current good or bad mood
Proactive interference
The disruptive effect of prior learning on recall of new info
Retroactive interference
The disruptive effect of new learning on recall of old info
Misinformation effect
Incorporating misleading info into ones memory of an event
Cognition
All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering& communicating
Concept
A mental grouping of similar objects l, events, ideas, or people
Prototype
A metal image or best example of a category
Confirmation bias
A tendency to search for info that confirms ones preconceptions
Fixation
According to Freud, lingering focus on pleasure seeking energies at an earlier psychosexual stage in which conflicts were unresolved
Functional fixedness
The tendency to think of things only in terms of their usual functions
Framing
The way an issue is posed l
Language
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Phoneme
In a language, the smallest distinctive sound unit
Morpheme
Smallest unit of speech that has meaning
Syntax
The rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences
Telegraphic speech
Child speaks like a telegram
Linguistic determinism
Whorfs hypothesis that language determines the way we think
