Cognition; Unit 7: memory

What role in the brain does the amygdala play?

• Processes explicit memories

• Strengthing memories with strong emotions

• Produces dopamine

• Processes Implicit memories

What are the two best ways our mind memorizes?

• iconic memory, choic memory

• Acousitc encoding, semantic encoding

• Effortful processing, automatic processing

• Chunking, rehearsal

The amygdala is best known for its role in which of the following?

• Language processing

• Memory formation

• Emotional responses

• Problem-solving

cells that are specialized to transmit messages

• Autonomic
• Neuroglia
• Neurons
• Somantic

Where do scientist believe memories are located?

• Frontal cortex

• Occipital cortex

• Pariental cortex

• Temporal cortex

What limitation(s) is working (Short-term) memory subject to? (Select all that apply)

• Implicit memories

• Explicit memories

• Limited capacity

• Short duration

Procedural Long-term memory is... (Select all that apply)

• A fact that you needed to learn by giving it a meaning

• Ones unconscious ability to know (remember) something

• Explicit memory

• Implicit memory

Generally, how long does short-term memory hold information?

• 2 minutes

• 10 seconds

• 20 seconds

• 5 minutes

Flashbulb memories are...

• Clear and vivid memories of highly emotional events

• Memories that pass through the stages of sensory, short-term, and retrieval quickly

• Memories passing through short-term to long-term

• Memories passing through sensory to short-term

The hippocampus processes...

• Implicit memories

• Emotions

• Explicit facts or episodes

• Dopamine