AP Psychology Vocab Unit 5- Cognition Questions and Complete Answers latest
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AP Psychology Vocab: Unit 5- Cognition
Clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event - Flashbulb Memory
Processing of information in the memory system; get information into the brain - Encoding
The retention of encoded information overtime; retaining information - Storage
The proce...
AP Psychology Vocab: Unit 5- Cognition
Clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event - ✔✔Flashbulb Memory
Processing of information in the memory system; get information into the brain - ✔✔Encoding
The retention of encoded information overtime; retaining information - ✔✔Storage
The process of getting information out of the memory system; getting information back out -
✔✔Retrieval
Immediate, initial recordings of sensory information in the memory system - ✔✔Sensory
Memory
Focuses more on the processing of briefly stored inforamtion - ✔✔Working Memory
Activated memory that hold a few items for a brief period of time - ✔✔Short Term Memory
Relatively permanent and limitless store house of memory of the memory system - ✔✔Long
Term Memory
Unconscious encoding of incidental information such as space, time, or frequency. Includes well
learned information such as that concerned with language - ✔✔Automatic Processing
Requires attention and conscious effort. An example would be studying. - ✔✔Effortful
Processing
One way to conduct effortful processing. A conscious repetition of information used to retain
consciousness and encode it. - ✔✔Rehearsal
The encoding of meanings, including words - ✔✔Semantic Encoding
Encoding of sound, especially the sound of words - ✔✔Acoustic Encoding
The encoding of picture images - ✔✔Visual Encoding
Mental pictures that are a powerful aid to effortful processing especially when they are
combined with semantic encoding - ✔✔Imagery
A memory aid. A technique that uses imagery and organizational devices - ✔✔Mnemonics
Organizing item into familiar, manageable units. Often occurs automatically - ✔✔Chunking
, Complex information that is broken down into broad concepts and further subdivided into
categories - ✔✔Hierarchies
Persistence of learning over time via the storage and retrieval of information; any indication that
learning has persisted over time - ✔✔Memory
The idea that we retain information better when when rehearsal is distributed over time -
✔✔Spacing Effect
Our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list - ✔✔Serial Position Effect
A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting
no more than a few tenths of a second - ✔✔Iconic Memory
A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words
can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds - ✔✔Echoic Memory
Increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural
basis for learning and memory associations - ✔✔Long-Term Potentiation (LTP)
The loss of memory - ✔✔Amnesia
Retention of information without conscious recollection. Examples include learning to ride a
bike, something you'd never forget - ✔✔Implicit Memory
Memory of facts and information that one can consciously know and declare; hippocampus
helps process this kind of memory for storage - ✔✔Explicit Memory
The ability to retrieve information learned earlier and not in conscious awareness. Example: fill
in the blank test - ✔✔Recall
Ability to identify previously learned information. Example: multiple choice test - ✔✔Recognition
Amount of time saved when learning information a second time - ✔✔Relearning
Activation, often unconsciously of previously learned information. Example: Ask friend to say
what s-h-o-p and then ask what you do at a green light. They will probably say stop OR teacher
asks a question and then asks a follow up question with a hint - ✔✔Priming
Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger the retrieval of an earlier experience
- ✔✔Deja Vu
The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current mood -
✔✔Mood-Congruent Memory
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