Chap 5 Memory Flashcards
Consolidation
The process occurring after encoding that is believed to stabilize memory traces
Cue overload principle
The principal stating that the more memories that are associated to a particular retrieval cue the less effective the cue will be in prompting retrieval of any one memory
Distinctiveness
The principle that unusual events in the context of similar events will be recalled and recognize better than uniform non-distinctive events
Encoding specificity principle
The hypothesis that a retrieval cue will be effective to the extent that information encoded from the Cue overlaps ormatches information in the engram or memory trace
Encoding specficity principle
The hypothesis that a retrevial cue will be effective to the extent that information encoded from cue overlaps or matches information in the endgram or memory trace
Engrams
A term indicating the change in the nervous system representing an event also memory trace.
Episodic memory
Memory for events in a particular time and place
Flashbulb memory
Vivid personal memories of receiving the news of some momentous and usually emotional event
Memory traces
A term indicating the change in the nervous system representing an event
Misinformation effect
When erroneous information occurring after an event is rememberd as having been part of the original event
Mnemonic devices
A strategy large amounts of information usually involving imaging events occurring on a journey or with some other set memorized cues
Autobiographical memory
Memory for the events of one’s life
