Unit 5 Vocab. and Terms - Psychology
long-term memory
permanent storage of information
decode
to figure out or unscramble hidden meaning
acquire
to gain or obtain for yourself
perception
understanding something through your mind or the senses
conception
your personal interpretation of your senses or thoughts
interpretation
your personal meaning given to places, events, situations, and people
hippocampus
The part of the brain that aids in long-term memory. Important for memory. Towards the center of the brain. Inside the temporal lobe. The way it's shaped often people think seahorse. It literall means "curved horse" It helps spatial perceptions meaning depth and breadth, recognize dimensions.
intentional learning
deliberately placing information into your mind
interference
anything that inhibits your brains ability to remember
consciousness
awareness of your existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings
chunking
grouping items into smaller segments
retrograde amnesia
inability to remember events that happened prior to a brain injury
anterograde amnesia
inability to store long-term memories
insomnia
inability to fall or stay asleep
prefrontal cortex
Important for memory towards the front of your head. Front part of brain. Is responsible for executive functions. Helps you to: delay gratification, understand future consequences, determine good and bad & better and best, suppress urges, behave in socially appropriate ways, predict outcomes, determine differences between conflicting thoughts, work toward a goal. Located in what is known as the frontal lobe.
rehearsal
a form of practice to keep information in the memory
category
a grouping of concepts
morpheme
a meaningful unit of language (words)
hierachy
a ranking system
false memory
a recovered memory that is not true
concept
an idea or thought
core sleep
is needed for an organism to repair and restore brain tissue
optional sleep
is not essential; an organism can go without it
deprivation
lacking; going without
incidental learning
learning that occurs without intention
mnemonic device
memory tricks to give you cues and aid your ability to retrieve information
analogical representation
mental pictures that have a direct relationship to the actual object you are thinking about
symbolic representation
mental pictures that have no direct relationship to the actual object you are thinking about
sensory memory
momentary storage of information
repression
moving difficult information from the conscious to the unconscious mind
REM
rapid eye moment; stage of sleep during which a person dreams
recovered memory
remembering long-forgotten memories with someone's help
short-term memory
temporary storage of information
manifest content
the aspects of a dream or fantasy that you remember
phoneme
the basic unit of meaning (letters and sounds)
executive functions
the decisions you consciously make and have control over.
latent content
the hidden aspects of a dream that you must figure out
encoding
the process of placing information into the mind