memory, motivation, and emotion

encoding

info converted into storage

sensory storage

Memories stored from info received from our sense

short term memory

Remember a few things briefly (reciting a phone number)

“Chunking” -putting info into chunks to condense it

long term memory

• Limitless capacity+duration

• Schemas help us store new info in our long term memory

  • Pattern of thought or behavior that organizes categories of info and relashonships among them

Explicit (declarative) memory

Conscious memory

We intentionally describe and retrieve these memories

“What did you eat for dinner last night?

episodic

Events and personal experiences

semantic

facts

Implicit (non-declarative) memory

Unconscious memories

classical conditionsing

Past experiences influence thoughts, perceptions, or emotions

procedural

KNow to do tasks or remember motor skills

retrograde amnesia

Cant remember past events, facts, people, personal info

antergrade amnesia

Cant form new memories

retrival cues

Anything that helps you retrieve a memory

A) context dependant memory cue

B) state dependant memory cue

C) mnemonic device

retroactive interference

New info blocks retrieval of older knowledge

proactive interference

Old, previously learned memories interfere with recalling new memories

blocking

Temporarily unable to recall info

Brain fart

absentmindedness

Major cause- don't pay attention to what your doing

persistence

You have continuous memories even though you do not want to remember them

distoriton

Human memory is flawed, not perfect representation of past events

memory bias

Memories change over time to be consistent with current beliefs

Remember events with a more favorable view of yourself

flashbuld memories

Highly accurate and vivid memory of the moment and circumstances when a person receives news of a major shocking event

9/11

Misattribution

missremember details

suggestabillity

Words or ideas influence our memories

false memories

Remembering things incorrectly or that might not be true

maslows hierarchy of needs

people are motivated to fulfill basic needs before moving on to other, more advanced needs

drive reduction

“Drive” encourages behavior to satisfy a physiological need, the hungrier you are the greater drive you will have to find food

optimal levels or arousal

Encourages behavior

If you are bored, you look for something to do

pleasure

Sigmund freud

Behavior motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain

extrinsic motivation

Motivates to perform an activity to earn a reward or avoid punishment

intrinsnic motivation

Motivated to perform an activity for its own sake and personal rewards

primary emotions

Basic emotions, unconscious feelings, instinctual or immediate response

secondary emotions

Emotional reactions to our primary emotions

How we feel about what we just felt

James lange theory of emotion

Physical changes in your body bc you feel an emotion

Begins to shake → fearful

canon bard theory of emotion

Emotional and physical reaction at the same time

two factor theory of emotion

Emotional response then you feel the emotion

suppression

Don't think about it

rummination

Thinking obsessively about it

Prolongs emotional response

positive reaprasial

Change negative emotions positive

humor

Making jokes out of sad events

distractions

Distracting yourself

happiness

Results in persistence, avoidance of risky behaviors

saddness

Results in risky behavior

need to belong theory

the idea that humans have a fundamental need to form and maintain social connections.

ecosystem goals

a motivational system that encourages people to care for and connect with others.

ego system goals

a motivational system that involves behaviors that are self-centered, self-interested, and egoistic