Chapter 10 Flashcards
source misattribution
The inability to distinguish an actual memory of an event from information you learned about the event elsewhere.
confabulation
Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened.
explicit memory
Conscious, intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information.
recall
The ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory previously encountered material.
recognition
The ability to identify previously encountered material.
implicit memory
Unconscious retention in memory, as evidenced by the effect of a previous experience or previously encountered information on current thoughts or actions.
priming
A method for measuring implicit memory in which a person reads or listens to information and is later tested to see whether the information affects performance on another type of task.
relearning method
A method for measuring retention that compares the time required to relearn material with the time used in the initial learning of the material.
parallel distributed processing (PDP) model
A model of memory in which knowledge is represented as connections among thousands of interacting processing units, distributed in a vast network, and all operating in parallel.
sensory register
A memory that momentarily preserves extremely accurate images of sensory information.
short-term memory (STM)
In the three-box model of memory, a limited capacity memory system involved in the retention of information for brief periods it is also used to hold information retrieved from long-term memory for temporary use.
chunk
A meaningful unit of information; it may be composed of smaller units.
working memory
In many models of memory, a cognitively complex form of short-term memory; it involves active mental processes that control retrieval of information from long-term memory and interpret that information appropriately for a given task.
long-term memory (LTM)
In the three-box model of memory, the memory system involved in the long term storage of information.
procedural memories
Memories for the performance of actions or skills (“knowing how”).