Intro to Psych Ch. 6

The Atkinson-Shifrin theory of memory proposed that there are __ systems in memory.

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Sam has to remember a 12 digit number that he generated by his computer (198819892001), he remembers the numbers as the birth years of his sisters 1988, 1989, 2001. This is a strategy of _______.

Chunking

What involves grouping information into higher-order units that can be remembered as single units?

Chunking

What is short term memory?

Holding information from the world in its original form for only a brief moment in time

What is the concept of long-term potentation?

If 2 neurons are activated at the same time, the connection between them will be strengthened.

You know how to tie your shoes, and when you do, the procedure can be carried out non-consciously. This is an example of _____ memory.

Implicit

What applies to the concept of working memory?

It is a mental blackboard It consist of 3 parts It is an alternate conceptualization of the concept of short-term memory

What are components of explicit memory?

It is sometimes referred to as declarative memory It has 2 subtypes of memory: episodic and semantic

Rehearsal increases the ______.

Length of time that information can be held in short-term memory.

What is explicit memory?

The conscious recollection of information such as facts and events.

Due to doctors using MRI scans, they are able to see brain activation when a person is remembering something which led them to conclude ______.

There is no one memory center in the brain

What are Baddeleys views on working memory?

Visuo-spatial sketchpad Central executive Phonological loop

What is implicit memory?

When behavior is affected by prior experience without a conscious recollection of the experience

Which roles do schemas have concerning the information we get from the environment?

They affect how we retrieve information They affect how we encode information They affect how we make inferences about the information

The concept of _____ memory includes short-term memory and attention for holding information temporarily.

Working

What type of memory can store information longer than sensory information and has a limited capacity memory system?

Short-term memory

Saving information in memory for future use is called _______.

Storage

When using memory retrieval, the information that an individual is searching for comes out of ______.

Storage

Information must be encoded and ______ in order to be retrieved later.

Stored

Long-term memory is a _____ type of memory that stores huge amounts of information.

Permanent

Angel hasn't ridden a bike in 5 years, when he hops on he rides just fine. This illustrates ______ memory.

Procedural

Aaron has elaborate systems set up on his computer to remind him of all the things he has to do and when he has to do them. The computer is helping Aaron with _______ memory.

Prosepective

The type of memory that involves remembering information about doing something in the future is _____ memroy.

Prosepective

The frontal lobes of the brain play an important role in which 3 parts of memory?

Prospective Explicit memory Retrospective

The conscious repition of information is called ______.

Rehearsal

You don't have a piece of paper to remember a phone number, you keep repeating it to yourself which is an act of ______.

Rehearsal

Memory is defined as ______.

Retention of information or experience over time.

______ is the memory process in which information is brought out of storage.

Retrieval

______ attention involves focusing on a specific aspect of experience while ignoring other stimuli.

Selective

Marisol is reading her textbook while ignoring the argument her younger siblings are having in the same room. Marisol's situation is a good example of _____.

Selective attention

______ memory holds information from the world in its original form by only an instant, and not much longer than the brief time exposed to the visual, auditoy, and other senses,

Sensory

When you stand outside and smell the flowers, see the sun, feel the breeze what type of memory is initially collecting all this info?

Sensory memory

What are the 3 system of memories in the Shifrin-Atkinson theory?

Sensory memory Short-term memory Long-term memory

You are driving down the highway and see a billboard with a phone number on it, you tell yourself to remember it but after you drive for a while you forget it. This describes the limitations of ______ _______ memory.

Short-term