Ch. 9 Memory

Question 1

Episodic memory

Answer 1

Includes personal experiences

Question 2

Encoding

Answer 2

Transformation of information drone one form to another

Question 3

Decay

Answer 3

Reduction in ability to retrieve rarely used information over time

Question 4

Semantic memory

Answer 4

Includes general knowledge

Question 5

Memory

Answer 5

Ability to retain knowledge

Question 6

Procedural memory

Answer 6

Includes non declarative or implicit experiences for how to carry out skilled movement

Question 7

Autobiographical memory

Answer 7

Includes semantic or episodic experiences that reference the self

Question 8

Priming

Answer 8

Change in response to a stimulus as a result of exposure to a previous stimulus

Question 9

Storage

Answer 9

Retention of information

Question 10

Retrieval

Answer 10

Recovery of stored information

Question 11

Information processing

Answer 11

Continuum including attention, sensation, perception, learning, memory, and cognition

Question 12

Sensory Memory

Answer 12

Stage of the Atkinson Shiffrin model that briefly hold large amounts of incoming data

Question 13

Short term memory

Answer 13

Stage of the Atkinson Shiffrin model and hold a small amount of information for a limited time

Question 14

Rehearsal

Answer 14

Repetition of information

Question 15

Chunking

Answer 15

Process of grouping similar or meaningful information together

Question 16

Long term memory

Answer 16

Stage of the Atkinson Shiffrin model, and is the location of permanent data storage

Question 17

Working memory

Answer 17

Extension of the concept of short term memory that actively manipulated multiple types of information simultaneously

Question 18

Declarative Memory

Answer 18

Conscious retrieval of information that is easy to verbalize

Question 19

Nondeclarative memory

Answer 19

Unconscious and effortless retrieval of information that is difficult to verbalize

Question 20

Levels of processing theory

Answer 20

Continuum of elaborating rehearsal applied to information that predicts how easy it is to retrieve it

Question 21

Spreadingactivation model

Answer 21

Connectionist theory proposing that people organize general knowledge based on their individual experiences

Question 22

Schema

Answer 22

Set of expectations about objects and situations

Question 23

Cue

Answer 23

Stimulus that aids retrieval

Question 24

Reconstruction

Answer 24

Rebuilding a memory out of stored elements

Question 25

Forgetting

Answer 25

Decrease in the ability to remember a previously formed memory

Question 26

Flashbulb memory

Answer 26

An especially vivid and detailed memory of an emotional event

Question 27

Encoding specificity

Answer 27

The process in which memories Incorporate unique combinations of information when categorized

Question 28

Interference

Answer 28

Competition between newer and older information in memory

Question 29

Motivated forgetting

Answer 29

Failure to retrieve negative memories

Question 30

Long term potentiation LTP

Answer 30

Enhancement of communication between two neurons resulting from their synchronous activation

Question 31

Mnemonic

Answer 31

Memory aid that kinks new information to well known information.