Unit 7 Flashcards
Magic #
7
How does a short term memory become long term
Hippocampus
Stress related hormones
cortisol
long-term potation
-strengthen of synapses which make communication between neurons more likely
- thought to be crucial mechanism involued in memory formation
Explicit Memory
- Semantic + Episodic memory
- Kandel
- require consciousness effort for recall
Semantic memory
memory of facts/figures; general knowledge
Episodic memory
personally experienced events
Implicit memory
- Kandel
- Procedural + Conditioning
- use automatic process little effort to recall
Procedural memory
how to do something
Conditioning memory
classical conditioning + conditioned responses
Prospective Memory
remembering that you have to do something in the future
Positive Transfer
something that helps in one thing helps in another thing
Negative Transfer
Interfere with some type of learning
Meaningfulness
- Self reference effect
- makes something relevant and meaningful = more likely to remember
Self reference effect
making story relevant to self
Mass vs Distributed Practice
- Spacing effect
- the time you spend studying/leaning context
- Massed - All at once
- Distribute - Spread out
Spacing Effect
distributed is more successful
Testing effect
going in and retrieving info
- more effective than studying
Mnemonic
memory aid
ex: Nobody Ears Soggy Waffles
Method of loci
- Overlearning
- memory and based off location
- a trick to aid in memory storage and retrieval
Overlearning
- learned to the point of reciting
- slows down forgetting curve
ex: the alphabets
Chunking
breaking into groups
ex: phone numbers, social security
Relearning
- learning for the 2nd time
- easier learning a 2nd time
Learning Graphs and Plateaus
learning process
Moderation
all things in moderation
Encoding
- stage 1 of memory
- information comes to our memory and changed into a form so it can be stored
Iconic
visual
Acoustic/Echoic
sound
Semantic
meaning
ex: hearing
