Gestalt laws
This principles describe how our brains tend to fill in gaps to perceive a complete image
What is closure?
This cue for depth perception involves parallel lines appearing to converge at a vanishing point on the horizon.
What is linear perspective?
This is the first stage of memory, where the processing of information enters the memory system.
What is encoding?
This part of the brain is important for forming explicit memories and interacts with many other brain regions to process information.
What is the frontal lobe?
This requires a person to retrieve information that was learned earlier.
What is recall?
This principle states that objects that are close to one another tend to be perceived as a group.
What is proximity?
his cue involves the partial blocking of one object by another, giving the impression that the blocking object is closer.
What is interposition?
This type of encoding involves processing information on a basic level, for example, the structure or appearance of words.
What is shallow processing?
A brain structure that is a temporary storage area in the brain for new memories before they are moved to long-term storage
What is the hippocampus?
these act as anchor points used to access the information you want to remember later.
What are retrieval cues?
This principle says we are more likely to see objects that are similar to each other as part of the same group.
What is similarity?
This cue involves perceiving objects higher in our field of vision as farther away.
What is relative height?
This type of deep processing involves encoding information based on its meaning.
What is semantic encoding?
This brain region, which is involved in motor movement, plays a role in forming procedural memories for skills.
What are the basal ganglia?
what we learn in one state could be more easily recalled when we are in that state again, such as being happy or sad.
What is state-dependent memory?
This principle says that objects arranged in a line or a curve are perceived to be more related than objects not on the line or curve.
What is continuity?
This cue involves clear objects appearing closer than blurry or fuzzy objects.
What is relative clarity?
This form of encoding involves the encoding of pictures and images.
What is visual encoding?
This process is believed to be the neural basis for learning and memory, it involves neurons becoming more efficient at neurotransmitter release and forming more connections.
What is long-term potentiation (LTP)?
a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test.
What is recognition?
This principle describes our tendency to perceive objects as part of a whole instead of isolated parts, which leads us to see overlapping figures as separate, complete shapes.
What is figure-ground?
This cue involves nearby objects reflecting more light to our eyes than distant ones.
What is light and shadow?
This type of processing involves encoding information based on how it relates to you personally, and it is a form of deep processing.
What is self-referent processing?
This explains why we cannot consciously remember learning skills and reactions from our first three years, even though they persist into adulthood.
What is infantile amnesia?
a measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time.