The Cognitive System

brief sensory sore, long term store, short term story (acitvated memory), focus of attention, central executive

Short term memory is:

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* static
* dynamic

static

Working memory is:

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* static
* dynamic

dynamic

4 components of working memory

central executive, phonological loop, visual-spatial sketchpad, episodic buffer

The most important component of working memory is:

central executive

\__________ is the least affected by neurological diseases and disorders

the brief sensory store

\__________ is the most affected by neurological diseases and disorders

attention

Characterisitcs of attention

focus, divide, limited capacity, shift

Sensory memory is also known as

brief sensory store

Short term memory/store is also known as

activated memory

What does the central executive do?

directs attention and controls voluntary processing

3 forms of long term memory:

episodic, semantic, procedural

Episodic memory tells you \_____ something happened

when

Semantic memory tells you \_____ something is

what

Procedural memory tells \______ you know to do things

how

Which form of long term memory is most susceptible to distortion?

episodic memory

Which form of long term memory is least susceptible to distortion?

procedural memory

Which form of long term memory is context dependent?

episodic memory

Which form of long term memory is context independent?

semantic memory

Which type of memory has an autobiographical quality to it?

episodic memory

Which type of memory is often better demonstrated than described?

procedural memory

Which type of memory refers to your knowledge of facts and language?

semantic memory

A common type of episodic memory is

eyewitness memory

What is attention?

the focus of mental energy; a reservoir of mental energy

What analogy is used to describe the limited capacity characteristic of attention?

a gas tank

Why is a gas tank used to described the limited capacity characteristic of attention?

because there's always a little bit of attention left over for emergencies/to serve as a defense mechanism

How long does information stay in your short term memory?

about 18 seconds without rehearsal

What is the mathematical equation for limited capacity in short term memory?

7 items +/- 2, depending upon the information

This system is "in charge" of working memory

the central executive

Articulatory/phonological loop

the speech and sound related components responsible for rehearsal of verbal information and phonological processing

Visual-spatial sratchpad

a short-term storage system for visual and spatial information in working memory

Episodic buffer

The memory you have for events in your life

As you move from _______ to _______ on the cognitive system map, the systems become _____ susceptible to disortion

left, right; more