AP Psychology Vocab Words

processing model proposed by atkinson and shiffin divides memory into 3 types; sensory, short term , and long term

the explanation for the fact that infromation that is more throughlougy connected to meaningful items in long term memory will be remebered

the explanation for the fact that infromation that is more throughlougy connected to meaningful items in long term memory will be remebered

the first of three memory stages, preserving brief sensory imptressiobs of stimuli

a very brief sensory memoey of some visual stimuli that occur in the form of mental pictures

purposely focusing your conscious awareness onto a specific stimulus

very brief sensory memory of some auditory stimuli. Stored longer than iconic memories

is the capacity of holding a small amount of information in mind in anactive, readily availible state for a short period of time

organizing pieces of infromation into a smaller number of meaningful units. Frees up space in working memory

techniques for improvong memory , esoecially by making connections between new material and indormation in long-term memory

answer

consiously repaeting the information over and over to keep it in temporary memory

the third of three memory stages with the largest capacity and libgest duration. stores materaisl organized according to meaning

a subdivison of declarative memeory that stores memeory for personal evenets or episodes. type os long term emoery saved for persoal experie

sti=ores the general kknwlegde including the meaning of wors and concepts

stores memories for how things are done, basic associations between stimuli and responses

memory that has been processed with attention and can be consiously recalled

A memroey that was not b]deliberetly leanred or of whoch you have no consious awareness of .

ability to retain images in meory that are almost perfect photographic quality

information in your memory can be recalled

a retreival method in which one must identify present stimuli as having been previously presented

bringing a thought or diea learned previously

is the tendency for the first itmes presented in a series to be remebered better or more easily

a characteristc of memory in which recall is particulary good fir tge last few iitmes

the tenency to to recall material that is w=either first or last on the list

an experience in which people sense that they know something but can seem to bring it to mind

is used when one has knowledge that is best understood as a set of cocepts that are related to one another

memories of learning something so shocjking that irt creates a very accurate memory or learning about the event itself

informstion is better remebred when the perosn is in the same state as they were in the meoeory

store a memory of the mood they were in

the using of kniwledge to organize new informationj and fll in gaps in infrmation that was encoded and retrieved

is a way of measuring retention by measuring how much fastr one eleaerns infromation materialthat has been prevuously forgotten

difficulty recalling old information because of new information

difficulty learning new information because of old infrmation

inability to form new memories after a traumatic event

is a loss of memories that formed before a truama

Brain cells that are used for mental exercises (such as languages and math problems) have a tendency to last longer than those that aren't u

are the smallest unit of sound used in a language

smallest unit of meaning sound

words spoken or written in a particular order.

s the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words and sentences to

missaplication of grammer skills. s an error that involves coming to a conclusion based on information that is too general and/or not specif

is the innate biological ability of humans to acquire and develop language.

the structure of human language effects the way in which an individual conceptualizes their world

what we think is the most typical example of a partcular concept

mental picture we create of the outside world. The formation of any mental pictures

rule that guarantees the right solution for using a formaula or other foolproof methhid

is rule of thumb strategy for making more efficenr decisons. jugement in a situation

s a cognitive bias in which an individual categorizes a situation based on a pattern of previous experiences or beliefs about the scenario.

when we make illogical conclusons in order to conform our preexisting nelifs

the inability to see a new use for an object

A psychological phenomenon that explains why people tend to seek out information that confirms their existing opinions and overlook or igno

a cognitive process in which a person tries to find a single answer for a problem

a person generates many creative uniaque responses to a sigle question or problem

regers to how easilt something cabn be heard or seen can be accessde in your memoery