Memory
Memories that last nearly forever. Can decay if not used over a long period of time.
What part of the brain controls memory movements and motor skills?
Basal Ganglia
Inability to form new long-term memories
Anterograde Amnesia
A manner of thinking that employs curiosity, creativity, skepticism, analysis and logic.
Critical Thinking
Worldwide phenomenon that indicates an average person's IQ is rising. People are getting smarter
Flynn Effect
What is done to short term memory in order to push it into long term memory
Maintenance
What neurotransmitter is responsible for learning?
Glutamate
Brain Disorder that affects communication and performance of daily activities
Dementia
Methodical, logical, step-by-step procedures that guarantee a solution.
Algorithms
Our ability to solve abstract problems and pick up new information. Decreases with age
Fluid Intelligence
Type of processing of information that needs sustained effort.
Effortful Processing
Memories that are facts, stories and meaning of words.
Explicit Declarative Memory
Memory does not decay... instead the associations to the memory decay.
Tip of the Tongue
Trial and Error
High-scoring people (over 135) tend to be healthy and well-adjusted as well as unusually academically gifted.
Giftedness
The unconscious processing of well-learned material. It is much like the term "muscle memory" because you do without thought.
Automatic Processing
Conditioned responses and associations. Cognition that occurs automatically
Implicit Memory
Inability to retrieve a memory in the past.
Retrograde Amnesia
Similar thinking strategies that often allow us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently, usually speedier but prone to errors
Heuristics
A condition of limited mental ability.
IQ is usually below 70.
Typically developed prior to the age of 18
Intellectual Disability
Can only hold 7-11 units of information at a time.
Short Term Memory
Location in the brain where our automatic conditioned responses occur
Cerebellum
Destroys myelin sheath. Leading to thought, memory, and language decay.
Alzheimers Disease
A preference for information that confirms pre-existing positions or beliefs, while ignoring or discounting contradictory evidence.
Confirmation Bias
A condition characterized by low scores on traditional intelligence but with one or more extraordinary skills.
Savant Syndrome