Unit 7 Flashcards
1
Q
Magic #
A
7
2
Q
How does a short term memory become long term
A
Hippocampus
3
Q
Stress related hormones
A
cortisol
4
Q
long-term potation
A
-strengthen of synapses which make communication between neurons more likely
- thought to be crucial mechanism involued in memory formation
5
Q
Explicit Memory
A
- Semantic + Episodic memory
- Kandel
- require consciousness effort for recall
6
Q
Semantic memory
A
memory of facts/figures; general knowledge
7
Q
Episodic memory
A
personally experienced events
8
Q
Implicit memory
A
- Kandel
- Procedural + Conditioning
- use automatic process little effort to recall
9
Q
Procedural memory
A
how to do something
10
Q
Conditioning memory
A
classical conditioning + conditioned responses
11
Q
Prospective Memory
A
remembering that you have to do something in the future
12
Q
Positive Transfer
A
something that helps in one thing helps in another thing
13
Q
Negative Transfer
A
Interfere with some type of learning
14
Q
Meaningfulness
A
- Self reference effect
- makes something relevant and meaningful = more likely to remember
15
Q
Self reference effect
A
making story relevant to self
