Ch. 12

Question 0

Nodes

Answer 0

Memory files that contain related information organized around a specific topic or category

Question 1

Network theory

Answer 1

Says that we store related ideas in separate categories, or files, called nodes

Question 2

Network hierarchy

Answer 2

Refers to the arrangement of nodes or memory files in a certain order. At the top of the hierarchy is less specifics information then it gets more specific as you go down

Question 3

State dependent learning

Answer 3

Means that it is easier to recall information when you are in the same physiological or emotional state or setting as when you learned the information

Question 4

Neural assemblies

Answer 4

Groups of interconnected neurons whose activation allows information or stimuli to be recognized an held briefly and temporarily in short-term memory

Question 5

Long term potentiation (LTP)

Answer 5

Refers to changes in the structure and function of neurons after they have been repeatedly stimulated

Question 6

Method of loci

Answer 6

An encoding technique that creates visual associations between already memorized places and new items to be memorized

Question 7

Peg method

Answer 7

An encoding technique that creates associations between number-word rhymes and items to be memorized

Question 8

Source misattribution

Answer 8

A memory error that results when a person has difficulty deciding which of two or more sources a memory came from

Question 9

Cognitive interview

Answer 9

A technique for questioning people such as eyewitnesses by having them imagine and reconstruct the details of an event, report everything they remember without holding anything back, and narrate the event from different viewpoints