Encoding
Define encoding
The process of getting learned information into your memory system/long term memory
retrieving information learned previously
Inability to form new memories like Henry Molaison
anterograde amnesia
The AHA! moment when a solution pops into your head
Insight
all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, communicating
Cognition
#1: How many items can your short term memory hold?
#2: For how long can you hold these items for?
#1: Accept both 5-9 or 7
#2: 15-30 seconds
identify items previously learned, but you are not able to pull out significant details without cues
Recognition
Inability to retrieve past memories/information
retrograde amnesia
Algorithm
____________ thinking is when you can see multiple paths to solutions
Divergent
When you are exposed to information you have not used in a while for the second or third time and you learn it quicker each time
relearning
Emotionally significant memory
Psychoanalytic theory (Freud) that your brain has defense mechanism toward anxiety inducing memories; buries memory from your consciousness (not widely believed to exist)
Repression
We believe we know more than we do which can hurt our ability to solve problems or admit faults in our logic
Overconfidence
Memory of personally experienced events
Episodic Memory
C_____ and m________ are memory strategies which help you encode and retrieve information in a memorable way
Chunking and mnemonics
activation of associations in memory; happens unconsciously; influences our thoughts/feelings
Priming
Misleading information distorts your memory of an event while
Misinformation Effect
Problem solving obstacle where you cannot see or approach a problem from a new perspective
Fixation
When replaying memories with wrong info and then ‘saving’ the memory in your long-term changes how you remember things
Reconsolidation
#1: __________ memory is the retention of facts and experiences; learning done with effort
#2: __________ memory is retention of learned/conditioned skills; unconscious and automatic
#1: Explicit
#2: Implicit
Main part of the brain associated with storing memories
When we receive new information we forget rapidly in the first hour, but forgetting slows down as time passes
Ebbinghaus forgetting curve
The process of guessing and checking or trial an error is an example of a _________.
heuristic
Memory of facts and general knowledge
Semantic Memory