unit 7: cognition (flowcharts) Flashcards
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iconic memory
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visual sensory memory
2
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echoic memory
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auditory sensory memory
3
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short-term memory
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memory that holds a few items briefly
4
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rehearse
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to get info into storage
5
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retrieve
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to get info out of storage, it has to be retrieved
6
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long-term memory
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-relatively limitless, permanent memory where info is stored
- enhanced/hindered by stress
- not disrupted by electric shock
7
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explicit memory
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- easy to explain
- declarative memory
- conscious memory of facts/events
8
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implicit memory
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- impossible to explain
- nondeclarative memory
automatic memory of skills/behaviors
9
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episodic memory
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memory of autobiographical events
10
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semantic memory
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memory of facts and knowledge
11
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hippocampus
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where explicit memory is formed
12
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cerebellum
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where implicit memory is formed
13
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limbic system
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where the hippocampus and cerebellum are stored
14
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long-term potentiation
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- repeated stimulations of a neural pathway caused LTP
- faster = memories
15
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cortisol
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- released in response to chronic stress
- can destroy the hippocampus
