Unit 8 Flashcards
anterograde amnesia
inability to recall new memories from after onset
retrograde amnesia
inability to recall memories from before the onset
declarative memory (explicit memory)
memories of factual information that can be recalled consciously
two types of declarative memory
semantic memory and episodic memory
episodic memory
memory of events of one’s life, and memories are tied to its origin
semantic memory
memory of general knowledge
three characteristics of semantic memory
organized by content, allows inference, and not tied to the origin of the memory
“organized by content”
related terms recall each other
“not tied to the origin of the memory”
we don’t remember our first birthday, but we know the date of our first birthday
“allows inference”
we can take concepts from semantic memory and reason with them
hierarchical model of semantic memory
specific memories are nodes and are associated by links and suggests inferences made between more distant nodes would take longer
what the hierarchical model of semantic memory does not account for
how typical the thing being remembered is to the individual
levels of processing
semantic > acoustic > visual
procedural memory
implicit and unconscious memory of how to execute actions
implicit memory
memories that cannot be consciously recalled or verbalized
