Introduction to Memory
Name 5 different types of memory.
What is short-term/working, long-term, implicit, explicit, semantic, episodic, eidetic memory, prospective, and flashbulb?
What are the 3 stages of memory in the correct order?
How does the amygdala connect to memory?
What problem-solving method proves to be the most accurate but most time consuming?
What is Algorithm?
Sounds like "ch" and "th" would be called
Phonemes
Explain the difference between effortful processing and automatic processing.
Effortful processing is encoding that requires attention and conscious effort.
Automatic processing is unconscious encoding of information and well-learned information.
Name and explain 3 strategies that boost our ability to form new memories.
Chunking, Acronym, Mnemonics, Method of Loci, Link Method, Hierarchies, Imagery, Rehearsal, Spacing Effect, Testing Effect
A cause of forgetting by which newly learned information prevents retrieval of previously stored material.
What is retroactive interference?
I hit my head and can no longer form new memories
What is anterograde amnesia
If a person who had a stroke struggled to understand what people were saying to them, may have damage to their:
What is Wernicke's Area?
Linguist Noam Chomsky argued that young children possess an innate capability to learn and produce speech.
What did he call this?
What is language acquisition device(LAD)?
I believe I failed my AP Psych exam because Mr. Miller made me take it in room 210 instead of his room. I couldn't use my:
What is Context-Dependent Memory?
Name 3 memory construction errors and memory-related mental health disorders.
What is dementia, delirium, alzheimers, dissociative disorder, misinformation effect, amnesia, confabulation?
Gee, Mr. Miller, I have a funny feeling that we may have covered this previously
What is deja vu?
An example of something a child in the two-word stage would say
any noun+verb
This refers to how people's memories may be changed by what they are told. Elizabeth Loftus demonstrated this in a study where subjects were shown footage of an automobile accident, and were later asked to estimate the speed of the collision. What theory is this called?
What is the misinformation effect?
This appears to be the neural basis for learning and memory.
What is Long-term potentiation(LTP)?
You weren't paying attention when Mr. Miller taught you about Neuroplasticitygraphicnovelism, so now you have no idea what that is. The lack of processing and storage of that memory would known as an
What is encoding failure?
A tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore contradictory evidence
"How could we not be Mr. Miller's favorite class?!"
what is confirmation bias
Knowing I'm talking about crying when I text you about my "tears" and not about ripping up a piece of paper is related to study of word meaning known as
Hermann Ebbinghaus is responsible for the creation of the "forgetting curve".
What is the "forgetting curve"?
What is memory of learned information decreases after days and weeks but will be easily remembered when reviewed?
A list I have to memorize is "4, 8, 10, 4, 9, 5, 2, 12, 6, 7, 3, 11." I am most likely to remember 4,8,10,7,3,11
what effect explains this?
Serial Positioning Effect
How is the basal ganglia connected to memory?
What is memory retrieval and procedural memory - key to creating and maintaining habits?
What is a creative environment, venturesome personality, intrinsic motivation, expertise, and imaginative thinking?
Memories of events that were emotional and shocking are easily to recall and are known as
What is flashbulb memories?