AP Psych Unit 2

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Across
  1. 7. relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory system
  2. 9. cognitive strategies used as shortcuts to solve complex mental tasks- don't guarantee correct outcome
  3. 12. right frontal lobe. subdivision of declarative memory that stores memories for personal events
  4. 17. adapting or modifying existing mental structures to accommodate new information or experiences
  5. 18. immediate very brief recording- capacity 12 & all but 3 or 4 disappear before entering consciousness.
  6. 19. a knowledge cluster or general framework that provides expectations about topics, events, objects, people, and situations in one's life
  7. 20. active processing- make sense of things and link to long-term
Down
  1. 1. memories can be altered when retrieved before being stored again
  2. 2. identifying items previously learned
  3. 3. memory that holds a few items briefly before the information is stored or forgotten. Capacity 7 +/- 2
  4. 4. division of LTM that stores explicit info (fact memory)
  5. 5. retrieving info. that is not currently in your conscious awareness but was learned at an earlier time
  6. 6. problem-solving procedures or formulas that guarantee a correct outcome if applied correctly
  7. 8. facilitates formation of our procedural memories for skill. Receives input from cortex & doesn't send it back for conscious awareness of procedural learning
  8. 10. fleeting sensory memory of visual stimuli
  9. 11. left frontal lobe. subdivision of declarative memory that stores general knowledge, including meanings of words and concepts, etc.
  10. 13. division of LTM that stores memories for how things are done
  11. 14. impeccable, fleeting auditory memory. Lingers 3-4 seconds- remember the last few words someone said
  12. 15. involves incorporating new info. into existing knowledge or schemas
  13. 16. a cluster of knowledge about sequences of events and actions expected to occur in particular settings