Unit VII Cognition AP Psych Baxer

The system that encodes, stores and retrieves information

• Chunking

• Memory

• Sensory experience

• Rehearsal

Preserves brief sensory impression for only a fraction of a second.

• Sensory Memory
• Working Memory
• Short-Term Memory
• Long-Term Memory

Preserves recently  perceived events or experiences for less than a minute w/o rehearsal.

• Sensory memory
• Working memory
• Long-term memory

Organizing pieces of info into smaller units.

• Rehearsal
• Chunking
• Perserverance
• Encoding

Holds about 7 items at a time

• Short-term memory
• Long-term memory
• Sensory memory

Has unlimited storage capacity

• Working memory
• Short-term memory
• Sensory memory
• Long-term memory

A memory of something that was NOT consciously learned.

• Implicit memory

• Explicit memory

• Retroactive memory

• Declarative memory

The rules of language

• Grammer
• Morphemes
• Language acquistion
• Script

Problem-solving procedures or formulas that guarantee a correct outcome

• Schema
• Script
• Algorithm
• Heuristic

Denying and/or ignoring information that does not fit our opinions/beliefs.

• Confirmation bias

• Hindsight bias

• Anchoring bias

• Availability bias