6.6-6.9: Retrieval of Long-Term Memories

Question 1

Priming

Answer 1

the more experience you have with a concept or information the easier it is to remember

Question 2

Encoding Specificity

Answer 2

the tendency for memory of information to be better if the retrieval conditions are the same as when the memory was formed

Question 3

Recall

Answer 3

memory must be retrieved using few external cues

Question 4

The Serial Position Effect

Answer 4

the tendency for Information at the beginning and end of a segment to be remembered better than Information in the middle

Question 5

Primacy Effect

Answer 5

the tendency for Information at the beginning of a body to be remembered most clearly because it gets the most practice of Maintenance Rehearsal

Question 6

Recency Effect

Answer 6

the tendency for information at the end of the body to be remembered well because it is still stored in Short-Term Memory

Question 7

Recognition

Answer 7

matching information or stimulus to an already stored image or fact

Question 8

False Positive

Answer 8

when a person incorrectly thinks that he or she recognizes and object when it’s not actually stored in their memory

Question 9

Automatic Encoding

Answer 9

the tendency for some Information to enter Long-Term Memory with little to know effort

Question 10

Flashbulb Memories

Answer 10

Memories that are Automatically Encoded because an unexpected event has strong emotional associations for the person remembering it

Question 11

Constructive Processing

Answer 11

Long-Term Memories are reconstructed and altered as they are retrieved

Question 12

Hindsight Bias

Answer 12

tendency to falsely believe correctness due to memory revision upon retrieval

Question 13

Misinformation Effect (founder and def)

Answer 13

Loftus, tendency for misleading information to alter memories after an event

Question 14

False Memory Syndrome

Answer 14

the creation of false memories under the influence of hypnosis