Memory Pt. 1
This is the ability to take information from your senses, store the information in the brain, and retrieve the information when you need it.
What is memory?
Grouping items together to make them easier to remember is called this.
What is chunking?
True or false: Everyone ages the same
False
This skill helps you plan your day and organize tasks.
What is planning (or organization)?
The learned ability to regulate your emotions, manage thoughts, and control reactions/ behaviors to adapt to different situations
What is emotional regulation?
Another word/ phrase for short term memory?
What is working memory?
Connecting new information to something you already know is called this strategy.
What is association?
What happens to the brain during normal aging
What is shrinks or gets smaller
Doing two things at once, like cooking while talking on the phone, uses this executive skill.
What is multitasking?
True or False: Many older adults become better at managing their emotions over time.
What is True?
Your attention/ focus, environment, and overall well-being affect this process of memory formation.
What is encoding?
Repeating information out loud to help remember it uses this strategy.
What is rehearsal?
What happens to bones and joints in normal aging
What is stiffen and becomes less dense
The ability to regulate thoughts and emotions
What is self-regulation?
Understanding how someone else feels is called this social skill.
What is empathy?
Remembering someone's name, telling a story about what happened to you as a child, and remembering landmarks on your drive home are all examples of?
What is retrieval?
Using a calendar, alarms, or reminder apps are examples of what type of memory supports?
What are external memory aids?
It’s on the tip of my tongue!” is an example of this.
What is word-finding difficulty?
A major difference between normal aging and dementia is that dementia interferes with this part of life.
What is independence in daily activities?
What the the types of processing that people use for emotional regulation?
What is internal and external processors
Memory that improves with repetition and practice is often this type.
What is long-term memory?
If you create an acronym like “HOMES” to remember the Great Lakes, what strategy is that?
What is a mnemonic?
Drinking enough of this helps prevent confusion and supports brain function.
What is water?
This executive skill allows you to think ahead and consider consequences before making a decision.
What is judgment?
Name two strategies that help regulate emotions.
Examples: deep breathing, taking a break, talking to someone, prayer/meditation, exercise, journaling.