Cognition 1
This disease begins as difficulty remembering, eventually evolves into being unable to do simple tasks
Alzheimer's Disease
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
motivated forgetting
repression
effortful processing
explicit memory
What sort of remembering is used when identifying the correct answer among a set of multiple choice options.
Recognition
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
What are the three steps in the information processing model of memory?
Encoding, Storage, Retrieval
What kind of processing occurs 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 unit of language that carries 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
Sensory memory.
disorder affecting communication
aphasia
name two types of sensory memories
iconic and echoic
define memory consolidation
What kind of memory is displayed when answering a short answer questions.
when a temporary memory is shifted elsewhere to be stored for longer
Recall
define long term potentiation
an increase in a cells firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation