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Module 32-33AP Psych
Module 32-33 AP Psych Unit 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Semantic memory | explicit memory of facts and general knowledge |
| Episodic memory | explicit memory of personally experienced eventsHippocampus |
| Hippocampus | a neural center located in the limbic system, helps process facts and memories |
| Memory consolidation | the neural storage of a long-term memory |
| Cerebellum | damage to this will result in not being able to develop certain conditions reflexes |
| Basal ganglion | deep brain structures involved in motor movement |
| Infantile amnesia | our conscious memory of our first four years is largely blank |
| Amygdala | when provoked it initiates a memory trace that boosts activity in the brain's memory forming areas |
| Flashbulb memories | a clear sustained memory of an emotionally significant moment or event |
| Long-term potential | an increase in a cell firing potential after briefing rapid stimulatio |
| Eric Kandel's research | observed synaptic changes during learning in the neurons of the California sea slug |
| Why LTP is a physical basis for memory | Drug that block LTP interfere with learning, Drugs that mimic what happens during learning increase LTP, Rats given a drug that enhanced LTP learned a maze with half the usual number of mistakes |
| Priming | the activation, often, unconsciously of associations in memory |
| Context dependent memory | recall is stronger when a subject is present in the same environment in which the original memory was formed |
| Encoding specificity principle | the idea that cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it |
| State dependent memory | people remember more information if their physical or mental state is the same at time of encoding and time of recall |
| Mood-congruent memory | the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood |
| Serial position memory | our tendency to recall best the last and first items on the list |
| Recency effect | the brief recalls the last items quickly |
| Primacy effect | after a delay, when their attention was elsewhere, their recall was bets for the first time |
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