Ch. 9 Part 2 Flashcards
A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, such as on a fill in the blank test
Recall
A memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time
Relearning
The activation, often unconsciously, of a particular associations in memory
Priming
That eerie sense that “I’ve experienced this before” cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience
Déjà vu
The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with ones current good or bad mood
Mood congruent memory
Conducted studies in rehearsal and short term memory
Ebbinghaus
What we learn in one state- be it joyful, sad, drunk or sober- is sometimes more easily recalled when we are in that state again
State dependent memory
The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information
Proactive information
The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information
Retroactive interference
In psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety- arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories
Repression
Incorporating misleading into ones memory of an event
Misinformation effect
Attributing the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined
Source amnesia
A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple choice test
Recognition
Thought of the concept of repression
Fried
Psychologist, known for work with memory
Loftus
May prevent information from entering long-term memory, and thus the information never being stored to be able to be retrieved at a later date
Encoding failure
Poor durability of stored memories leads to their decay. Ebbinghaus showed this with his forgetting curve
Storage decay
Although the information is retained in the memory store, it cannot be accessed
Retrieval failure
While tapping our memories, we filter or fill in missing pieces of information to make our recall more coherent
Memory construction
Eyewitnesses reconstruct their memories when questioned about the event
Misinformation and imagination effects
