Unit 2

4. inability to retrieve information from one's past
5. depth cues that use 2 eyes-retinal disparity and convergence
8. ability to reason speedily and abstractly; decrease with age
10. inability to form new memories
11. adapting/modifying existing mental structures for new info
13. organizing and interpreting sensory information
16. activated memory holds 7+/- 2 items before the info is stored or forgotten
17. facilitate formation of procedural/implicit memories
18. follow step by step rules to find a solution (takes longer, but accurate)
20. forward-acting disruptive effect of old info getting in way of new info

1. backward-acting disruptive effect of new learning on recall of old info
2. incorporating new info into existing knowledge or schemas
3. accumulated knowledge and verbal skills; increase with age
6. processing of unconscious encoding of incidental information
7. division of LTM of how to perform different actions and skills
9. narrowing available problem solutions to determine the best solution; mpc
12. mental shortcuts used to quickly solve problems
14. (processing) encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
15. division of LTM where memory (episodic or semantic) can be called forth consciously as needed
19. Explicit memories for facts/episodes processed here then fed to other brain regions for storage