Memory
Definitions
Definitions
What someone experiences when they cannot access memories from before a traumatic event
What is retrograde amnesia?
You remember the last song from that movie you watched last night better than any other song because of this
What is the recency effect?
What is Anterograde Amnesia?
A set of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive symptoms that are distressing and prevent normal functioning
What is a psychological disorder?
Beau from Beau is Afraid has excessive, chronic anxiety unrelated to a specific threat. He would likely be diagnosed with this.
What is Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
When stimuli from our environment are converted into neural signals that are sent to the brain
When memories are altered from what really occurred, but still "feel" real
What is distortion?
If you're taking the exam and problem #8 is a fill in the blank, you'll utilize this to access the memory of containing the answer
What is recall?
When there is more than one diagnosis for an individual
What is comorbidity?
Bojack has diminished interest and pleasure in activities, weight gain, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness and a diminished ability to concentrate. He likely has this.
What is Major Depressive Disorder?
Matching stimuli with stored information using retrieval cues
What is recognition?
This learning principle maintains compulsive behaviors in OCD, because the behavior provides relief from the anxiety caused by obsessions
What is negative reinforcement?
When you have a hard time remembering your friend's new phone number because of the memory of their old phone number
What is proactive interference?
Anticipation of future threat
What is anxiety?
Carrie Matheson from Homeland has bipolar I disorder with psychotic features. This means her mood shifts back and forth between these states.
What are depression and mania?
Long-term memory of motor skills and automatic behaviors that you don't have to think about when you perform them is this type of memory
What is procedural memory?
This is what is accessed to recall general world knowledge
What is semantic memory?
What is the encoding specificity principle?
SSRIs, SNRIs, and MAOIs are often used to treat these types of disorders
What are depressive disorders?
Donnie Darko suffers hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking, inappropriate emotions and disturbed perceptions. He likely has this.
What is Schizophrenia?
This is when particular input is focused on for further processing, while irrelevant/distracting information is suppressed
What is selective attention?
Forgetting happens during this stage of the memory process
What are all of the stages of the memory process?
When you think about your high school graduation, you are accessing this type of memory
What is episodic memory?
These increase the release of norepinephrine and dopamine and are used in the treatment of ADHD
What are amphetamines?
Michael Scott exhibits chronic inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. He seems to have this disorder.
What is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHA)?