ch. 8 memory pt.2

Question 1

context-dependent learning

Answer 1

we recall info. better in the same place we learned it

Question 2

state-dependent learning

Answer 2

we recall info. better in the same cognitive state we learned it in

Question 3

Psychological state

Answer 3

mind ex: stress

Question 4

physiological state

Answer 4

body ex: drinking coffee while taking exam but not drinking coffee while studying

Question 5

fact about memory

Answer 5

• our memory is not perfect

- memory is a reconstruction

Question 6

Memory fallibility

flashbulb memories

Answer 6

extremely vivid and detailed emotional memories ex: old cameras w/ flash

Question 7

flashbulb memories usually important or tragic events

Answer 7

9/11, JFK Assassination, Challenger explosion, etc. they are thought to be photographic in detail, usually forget

Question 8

false memories

Answer 8

memories of events that never happened, elizabeth loftus

Question 9

false memories can be formed

Answer 9

in therapy, described as suppressed memories that have been recovered through therapy, feel very real, can be damaging

Question 10

misinformation effect

Answer 10

creating false memories by providing misleading into after the event

Question 11

Loftus & Palmer (1974)

Answer 11

asked people to estimate the speed of cars that “smashed” and “contracted”

Question 12

the lost in the mall experiment

Answer 12

told participants they had been lost in the mall as a child, later asked them to recall the event

Question 13

the lost in the mall experiment pt.2

Answer 13

people formed memories of events that never occurred

Question 14

3 words to describe memory elizabeth lotus

Answer 14

subjective, malleable

Question 15

eyewitness testimony

Answer 15

witnessed the thing happened, often extremely influential in court cases

Question 16

eyewitness testimony pt.2

Answer 16

eyewitness certainty and accuracy do not correlate

Question 17

eyewitnesses incorrectly identify culprits 3 points

Answer 17

1. when people are stressed their memory is impaired.
2. cross-race identification is especially poor
3. presence of a gun lowers reliability

Question 18

amnesia (50 first dates, finding nemo)

Answer 18

2 types retrograde amnesia, anterograde amnesia

Question 19

retrograde amnesia

Answer 19

to remember old things

Question 20

anterograde amnesia

Answer 20

inability to remember new things

Question 21

retrograde amnesia pt.2

Answer 21

specifically a loss of episodic memory, implicit and semantic memories remain intact ex: dory knew how to swim forgot who she was

Question 22

anterograde amnesia pt.2

Answer 22

specifically an inability to form new explicit memories, implicit memory remains intact

Question 23

amnesia cases HM

Answer 23

he is very famous for amnesia, had hippocampi removed to prevent seizures severe anterograde, some retrograde

Question 24

star tracing task for HM

Answer 24

no explicit memory of the task, but got better.

Question 25

what is hippocampus involved in

Answer 25

forming new memories except in storing LTM

Question 26

where do implicit and explicit rely on

Answer 26

different parts of the brain