Chapter 10 Flashcards
When you can’t tell the difference between an actual memory, and something someone told you, it is ___________.
Source misattribution
When you get confused between something that happened to someone else and you or if it happened at all is is _________
Confabulation
Explicit memory is…
Intentional recall of an event or information
When you recall you…
Retrieve and reproduce straight from memory
Examples of recall include:
Fill in the blank
Recognition is…
Identifying previous info
Implicit memory is an ___________ retention in memory
unconscious
Define: memory
Capacity to retain and retrieve information
Taking information and changing it so you can properly understand the info is called…
encoding
Storing is…
retaining information over time
A memory system that preserves accurate images of sensory info, is called…
sensory register
the magic number for short-term memory is..
7 +/- 2
Define: working memory
when you use long term memory temporarily
Define: chunking
when you take units of information and break into smaller units
What is long term memory used for?
learning, building identity, navigating and creating histories