AP Psych- Unit 7 Memory and Cognition with Complete Solutions 2024

AP Psych- Unit 7 Memory and Cognition with Complete Solutions 2024 Memory is - Correct Answer the persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage and retrieval of information Information processing models - Correct Answer analogies that compare human memory to a computer's operations ex: our brain is like a computer encoding - Correct Answer the processing (input) of information into the memory system, so that it can be stored storage - Correct Answer the retention of encoded information over time Reteival - Correct Answer later enables you to get the information back out parallel processing - Correct Answer the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of information processing serial processing - Correct Answer occurs when the brain computes information step-by-step in a methodical and linear matter what anatomical change occurs in the brain each time a memory is formed? - Correct Answer new synapses (connections between neurons)are formed every time you learn something new, strengthens already established pathways Richard Atkinson and Richard Shiffrin - Correct Answer proposed the classic three-stage processing model of memory (sensory memory to short-term memory to long-term memory) short term memory - Correct Answer small, brief storage space for recent thoughts and experiences. working memory is the new understanding of STM what is the capacity of short term memory? - Correct Answer 7 +/- 2 items (Miller's magic number) effortful processing - Correct Answer encoding that requires attention and conscious effort explicit memories - Correct Answer memory