Cognition 1
Begins as difficulty remembering, eventually evolves into being unable to do simple tasks
Alzheimers
The idea that your memory is like a scratchpad, constantly being revised and edited
Working memory
mental image or best example of a category
prototype
motivate forgetting
repression
effortful processing
explicit memory
What evidence do we have that we can use to test that learning can persist? (Three things)
Recall, Recognition, Relearning
The save button for the brain, if hurt then brain cannot form new memories
Hippocampus
infants ability to understand spoken words
receptive language
mental shortcuts that help us make decisions and judgements quickly and efficiently
heuristics
automatic processing
implicit memory
Encoding, Storage, Retrieval
when something is encoded at an elementary level
shallow processing
information learned in a certain state of mind is more easily recalled when in the same state of mind
state-dependent memory
generating many different ideas or solutions to a problem (flexible thinking)
divergent thinking
device to improve memory that involves creating a system or strategy
mnemonics
The two kinds of Explicit memories
Episodic, Semantic
the smallest language units that carry meaning
morpheme
when misleading information distorts one's memory of an event
misinformation effect
the inability to come to a fresh perspective
fixation
when new learning disrupts recall of past information
retroactive interference
The alternative model of memory that is different from the information processing model (three things)
Sensory memory, short term memory, long term memory
disorder affecting communication
aphasia
name two types of sensory memories
iconic and echoic
define memory consolidation
when a temporary memory is shifted elsewhere to be stored for longer
define long term potentiation
an increase in a cells firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation