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Cognition week 1 terms
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- 1CognitionScientific study of the mind and mental activity (we'll study memory, learning and language)
- 2Multi-store model- Sensory stores
- Short-term memory
- Long-term memory - 3Sensory storesTo retain basic info of sensory input for a very short time, most is forgotten
- 4Short term memory storeIntentional/conscious processing of information, rehearsal to keep info
- 5Long term memory storeSome STM info encoded to LTM and retrieved later
- 6Long term memory types of knowledge-Implicit knowledge
-Explicit knowledge - 7Implicit memories meaningUnaware of acquiring these memories, don't need to consciously recall
- 8Implicit memory types- Procedure memory
- Priming - 9Procedural memoryMotor and cognitive skills
- 10PrimingEnhanced identification of knowledge or words (eg. finishing fake root words)
- 11Explicit memories meaningConsciously learned, consciously retrieved (Able to be expressed in words)
- 12Explicit memory types- Semantic memory
- Episodic memory - 13Semantic memoriesFacts and general knowledge learned with associated meanings
- 14Episodic memoryPersonally experienced events
- 15Working memory components- Central executive
- Phonological loop
- Visuospatial sketchpad
- Episodic buffer - 16Central executiveAllocates attention, in charge of working memory parts
- 17Phonological loopMental representation of sounds
- 18Visuospatial sketchpadTemporary storage space for info
- 19Episodic bufferMind's equivalent of visual & spatial information
- 20Serial position placements- Primacy effect
- Recency effect - 21Primacy effectFirst words enter STM and will be rehearsed
- 22Recency effectLast thing to hear, newest info in STM
- 23AmnesiaForgetting stuff..?
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- Psychology Flashcards on Cognition week 1 terms, created by Lucy Kilfara on 20/09/2023.
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