Chapter 6.10 t/m 6.13

Question 1

curve of forgetting

Answer 1

a graph showing a distinct pattern in which forgetting is very fast within the first hour after learning a list and then tapers off gradually.

Question 2

distributed practice

Answer 2

spacing the study of material to be remembered by including breaks between study periods.

Question 3

encoding failure

Answer 3

failure to process information into memory.

Question 4

memory trace

Answer 4

physical change in the brain that occurs when a memory is formed.

Question 5

decay

Answer 5

loss of memory due to the passage of time, during which the memory trace is not used.

Question 6

disuse

Answer 6

another name for decay, assuming that memories that are not used will eventually decay and disappear.

Question 7

Which part of the brain has the semantic and episodic long-term memories?

Answer 7

frontal and temporal lobes (different locations than short-term memories)

Question 8

Which part of the brain has the short-term memories

Answer 8

prefrontal cortex and temporal lobes

Question 9

Which part of the brain has the procedural memories?

Answer 9

The cerebellum

Question 10

autobiographical memory

Answer 10

the memory for events and facts related to one’s personal life story.

Question 11

infantile amnesia

Answer 11

the inability to retrieve memories from much before age 3.

Question 12

retrograde amnesia

Answer 12

loss of memory from the point of some injury or trauma backwards, or loss of memory for the past.

Question 13

consolidation

Answer 13

the changes that take place in the structure and functioning of neurons when a memory is formed.

Question 14

retroactive interference

Answer 14

memory problem that occurs when newer information prevents or interferes with the retrieval of older information.

Question 15

proactive interference

Answer 15

memory problem that occurs when older information prevents or interferes with the learning or retrieval of newer information.