Da Basics
Put That Away and Save it For Later
I Forgot
What's The Big Deal?
What do Those Words Mean?
100

The three stages of memory

What is Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval?

100

The three measures of Retention

What is Recall, Recognition, & Relearning?

100

The umbrella term for the loss of memory.

What is dementia?

100

Another term for thinking, knowing, and remembering

What is cognition?

100

Sounds without meaning

What are Phonemes?

200

The ability of the brain to process multiple things simultaneously?

What is Parallel Processing?

200

The two parts of the brain network dedicated to implicit memory formation

What is the Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia?

200

Study repeatedly, spending more time rehearsing, and making material personally meaningful.

What is improving memory?

200

When people seek out and recall information that supports their preconceived belief

What is confirmation bias?

200

The term for the structure of words in a sentence

What is Syntax?

300

The two types of retrieval

What is Recall and Recognition?

300

A clear memory of an emotionally significant event

What is a flash bulb memory?
300

People who can’t remember who they are and their past experiences, but can form new ones.

What is retrograde amnesia?

300

The three levels of concepts

What are superordinate, basic, and subordinate?

300

Part of the brain that interprets auditory code

What is Wernicke’s Area?

400

The amount of time information stays in your short-term memory

What is 20 seconds?

400

An increase in the cell's firing potential after brief rapid stimulation

What is Long-Term Potentiation?
400

People who remember who they are and their past experiences, but can’t form new ones.

What is anterograde amnesia?

400

Cognitive bias that limits a person to use an object only in the way it is traditionally used

What is functional fixedness?

400

This stage in language begins at around the age of 4 months and those in this stage can hear differences between noises.

What is the Babbling Stage?

500
The creation of mental pictures.
What is Visual Encoding?
500

Activation of particular associations in memory, often unconsciously

What is Priming?

500

Adding misleading information into one’s memory of an event

What is memory misinformation?

500

Our tendency to use information that comes to mind quickly and easily when making decisions about the future

What is availability heuristic?

500

The term for “secret twin language

What is Cryptophasia?