2.6 Reading Quiz Flashcards
Recall
our ability to produce previously learned information
Recognition
our ability to identify previously learned items
retrieval cues
passwords that open memories
retrospective memory
Memories from the past
prospective memory
intended future actions
Priming
how exposure to one stimulus may influence a response to a subsequent stimulus, without conscious guidance or intention
encoding specificity principle/context dependent memory
helps us understand how specific cues will most effectively trigger that memory
state-dependent memory
What we learn in one state may be more easily recalled when we are again in that state
mood congruent
the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood.
Serial position effect
our tendency to recall best the last items in a list initially and the first items in a list after a delay
recency effect
Remembering the last items in a list
primacy effect
remembering the first items in a list
Metacognition
Thinking about your thinking process
Interleaving
a retrieval practice strategy that involves mixing the study of different topics.
