Sensory Memory
What is Sensory Memory?
Process that receives and holds environmental information for a short period of time. (Page 241)
What's another word for short-term memory?
Working memory (pg 242)
What is long term memory?
Refers to the process of storing almost unlimited amounts of information over long periods of time. (Pg 240)
survival attention and memory emotions
anger, disgust, crying, and fear (365)
Who can help recover repressed memory's
Therapist (250)
How long is Sensory memory stored?
A short period of time. (Page 241)
How long can short term memory be held for?
2-30 seconds (pg 242)
How long can long term memory last?
Long term memory has the potential to remain in your brain for a lifetime. (Pg 244)
facial expressions
they accompany emotions and send social signals about how you feel (365)
During thearpy about reppressed memories you can experiance flashbacks
true (251)
What is Ionic Memory?
Holds visual information for a quarter of a second or more. (Page 241)
Once information enters short term memory usually only remains for seconds unless what happens?
Its rehearsed. (pg 243)
Retrieving is the process of?
Selecting information from the long-term memory, and transferring it to the short-term memory. (Pg 244)
the adaptation level theory
says that quickly become accustomed to reciving some good fourtion (366)
Repressed memories are always accurate
False (251)
What is Echoic Memory?
Holds Auditory information for 1-2 seconds. (Page 241)
What results when new information enters short-term memory and pushes out info thats already there?
Interference (pg 242)
How is encoding done?
Encoding is done by repetition, rehearsal, paying attention, or forming new associations. (Pg 244)
People have genetic differences in happiness
True (366)
idea of reppressed memories is based on
sigmund Freuds theory of repression (250)
What happens to your sensory memory when your attention shifts to something else?
It goes away and you forget the information. (Page 241)
What is chunking?
Combining separate items of info into larger units or chunks and remembering those chunks
How well you remember something depends fully on how well it was encoded.
False (240)
4 components of emotions
interpret a emotion, experience subjective feelings, psychological responses, and observable behavior. (365)
repression definition
Process by which the mind pushes a memory of some threatening or traumatic event into the unconscious (250)