PSY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Psychological Trauma, Suggestibility, Hindsight Bias
27 Mar 2017
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Memory -- the nervous system"s capacity to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge. Encoding -- the processing of information so that it can be stored. Storage -- the retention of encoded representations over time. Consolidation -- the processing of information so that it can be stored. Retrieval -- the act of recalling or remembering stored information when it is needed. Long-term potentiation (ltp) -- strengthening of a synaptic connection, making the postsynaptic neurons more easily activated by presynaptic neurons. Reconsolidation -- neural processes involved when memories are recalled and then stored again for retrieval. Sensory memory -- a memory system that very briefly stores sensory information in close to its original sensory form. Short-term memory -- a memory storage system that briefly holds a limited amount of information in awareness. Working memory -- an active processing system that keeps different types of information available for current use. Chunking -- organizing information into meaningful units to make it easier to remember.
