short term memory
What is the duration of short term memory?
30 seconds to a minute
True or False
Long term takes a long time to imprint into memory
False
What type of memory has the shortest duration?
Sensory memory
At this stage, infants learn about the world through their senses and actions.
The sensorimotor stage.
What is auditory memory?
The ability to take in oral information, process, retain, and recall when needed.
What is the capacity of short-term memory?
5-7 items
What are some factors that affect long-term memory?
Sleep, mental health, and stress.
Special senses include touch, pain, and sensitivity to temperature, true or false?
False
What are the factors that affect cognitive development?
Environment, nutrition, genetics, and caretakers.
When you recall a spoken list of words, which part of the brain is the most active?
The temporal lobe.
True or False
Working memory and short term memory have the same cognitive processes
True
What are the 2 main types of long-term memory?
Explicit and Implicit
The term for the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50% of the time?
Absolute threshold
These agents can cause abnormal development in the womb.
Teratogens
How long is auditory memory stored?
2-4 seconds.
What is a term used to describe STM as an
active memory system with three components?
Working memory
Long-term memory is imprinted by?
Rehearsing
Sensory receptors change stimuli into nerve impulses true or false?
True
The inability to see a situation from another person's perspective.
Egocentrism
What are auditory memory exercises for adults?
Speech discrimination practice
What is short term memory?
Memory system that is responsible for holding onto a small amount of information that has been recently taken in.
What is long term memory?
A large capacity system that contains memory for experiences and information that have accumulated throughout your lifetime.
Which nerve serves the sense of smell?
a. optic
b. abducens
c. oculomotor
d. olfactory
Olfactory
The final stage, beginning around age 12, where individuals can think abstractly and hypothetically, is?
The formal operational stage.
What are 4 auditory skills?
Detection, Discrimination, Identification, and Comprehension.