Cognition and Memory Review (2)

The psychological terms for taking in information, retaining it, and later getting it back out are ________, __________, and ___________.

The concept of working memory

• clarifies the idea of short term memory by focusing on the active processing that occurs in this stage

• splits short term memory into two substages--sensory and working memory

• splits short-term memory into two areas--working (retrievable memory) and inaccessible memory

Sensory memory may be visual (_______ memory) or auditory (_______ memory)

Our short term memory for new information is limited to about _________ items

Memory aides that use visual imagery (such as peg-words) or other organizational devices are called ____________

The hippocampus seems to function as a

• temporary processing site for explicit memories

• temporary processing site for implicit memories

• permanent storage for emotion based memories

• permanent storage for iconic and echoic memories

Amnesia following hippocampus damage typically leaves people unable to learn new facts or recall recent events. However, they may be able to learn new skills, such as riding a bicycle, which is an ___________ memory

• explicit

• implicit

Long-term potentiation (LTP) refers to

• emotion-triggered hormonal changes

• the role of the hippocampus in processing explicit memories

• an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation

• aging people's potential for learning

A psychologist who asks you to write down as many objects as you can remember having seen a few minutes earlier is testing your ____________

Specific odors, visual images, emotions, or other associations that help us access a memory are examples of

• relearning

• deja vu

• declarative memories

• retrieval cues