Memory
The three processes to memory
What is encoding, storage, retrieval.
When you have the answer "on the tip of your tongue" and just can't seem to remember. You may be experiencing thing.
Converts information from short term to long term memory
What is the hippocampus?
When a test yields the same results every time it is given.
What is reliability?
Smallest part of language to carry meaning
What is morpheme?
What are flashbulb memories?
Not being able to recall events before a brain injury
What is retrograde amensia?
Responsible for implicit memories, conditioned memories.
What is the cerebellum?
Tests given to determine someone's ability to learn a new set of skills.
What is aptitude test?
Our mental image or best example of a category
What is prototype?
Unconscious memories
What are implicit memories?
New learning gets in the way of remembering old information
What is retroactive interference?
Part of the brain associated with speech production.
What is Broca's area?
He believed we had multiple intelligences.
Who was Gardener?
System of rules in language
What is grammar?
Breaking information into smaller pieces to help remember it easier.
What is chunking?
Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event.
What is the misinformation effect?
Responsible for procedural memories
What is basal ganglia?
He created the first intelligence test
Who was Binet?
Mental shortcut to solve problem based on a prototype
What is representativeness heuristic?
Associating new items with material that has already been stored
Elaborative rehearsal
Not being able to form new memories
What is anterograde amnesia?
Damage to this area may cause someone to speak using mixed up words or imaginary words.
What is Wernicke's Area?
Someone thinking abstractly would use this type of intelligence.
What is fluid intelligence?
Creative thinking
What is divergent thinking?