memories 1
What are the types of amnesia
Anterograde and retrograde
What is is Karl lashley
American psychologist
What is adjustability?
When the effects of misinformation can cause false memories
What is interference
Interference occurs when some information makes it difficult to recall similar material
What did karl discover about the brain and memory?
He lesioned parts of the brain of rats and observed the effects on maze learning and retention, then discovered that memory is not localized to one area
What is arousal theory?
Emotional arousal, inherited memory information
What do we forget things
Memory loss happens before the actual memory process begins
What is the main job of the Amygdala
Process emotions and help attach emotional meaning to memories
How does arousal theory relate to memory?
Strong emotions triggered stress hormones like adrenaline
What is the is the pro of forgetting called
Encoding failure
What does the hippocampus do
Crucial is forming new long term memories and connecting emotions and senses
What is the cerebellum and the prefrontal cortex
Stores procedural memories
What is a neurotransmitter
A chemical messenger that transmits signals between neurons or to a muscle or gland cell across a synapse
What are the 7 sins of memory
Transience Suggestibility
Absentmindedness Bias
Blocking Persistence
Misattribution
What is the misinformation effect?
Tendency for the information you learned after that interfere with your original memory of what happened