Memory
The three processes to memory
What is encoding, storage, retrieval.
When you have the answer "on the tip of your tongue" and just can't seem to remember. What memory PROCESS is failing you
What is retrieval ?
Converts information from short term to long term memory
What is the hippocampus?
The ability to perceive, understand, manage, and use emotions effectively..
What is emotional intelligence?
The way information is presented can affect decisions and judgments (e.g., “90% fat-free” vs. “10% fat”).
What is framing?
What are flashbulb memories?
Not being able to recall events before a brain injury
What is retrograde amensia?
information at the beginning of a list is remembered better than material in the middle.
What is the primacy effect?
Tests given to determine someone's ability to learn a new set of skills.
What is aptitude test?
Our mental image or best example of a category (ex. dog (golden retriever)
What is prototype?
the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system that includes knowledge, skills, and experiences.
What is long-term memory?
New learning gets in the way of remembering old information
What is retroactive interference?
memory: a quick, fleeting memory that is activated by the five senses. typically forgotten in 2 seconds.
What is Sensory Memory?
He believed we had multiple intelligences.
Who was Gardener?
The tendency to search for information that confirms one’s beliefs and ignore information that contradicts them.
What is confirmation bias?
Breaking information into smaller pieces to help remember it easier.
What is chunking?
Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event.
What is the misinformation effect?
What are the 2 types of sensory memory?
What are Iconic and Echoic?
Robert Sternberg proposed three types of intelligence: what are they
Analytical (academic problem-solving)
Creative (innovation, new ideas)
Practical (street smarts, everyday skills
Mental shortcut to solve problem based on a prototype
What is representativeness heuristic?
Associating new items with material that has already been stored, adding a story to remember
Elaborative rehearsal
Not being able to form new memories
What is anterograde amnesia?
just coming up with the answer, the “aha” moment
What is insight?
Someone thinking abstractly would use this type of intelligence. Peaks in early adulthood and tends to decline with age
What is fluid intelligence?
Creative thinking
What is divergent thinking?