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Question 1

autobiographical memory

Answer 1

utilizes the 2 primary types of declarative memory (semantic and episodic)

Question 2

flashbulb memory

Answer 2

a clear, sustained, long term memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

Question 3

maintainance rehearsal

Answer 3

the straight repeating of information to memorize it. also called rote rehearsal

Question 4

elaborative rehersal

Answer 4

a way to memorize information more effectively and maintain it in your long-term memory. This method of memorization connects information you already know with new information.

Question 5

priming

Answer 5

Priming the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory.

Question 6

encoding specificity principle

Answer 6

Our memories are context-dependent, and are affected by the cues we have associated with that context.

Question 7

state dependent memory

Answer 7

what we learn in one state may be more easily recalled when we are again in that same state.

Question 8

retrieval cues

Answer 8

Emotions that accompany good or bad events become retrieval cues

Question 9

mood congruent memory

Answer 9

the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood.