Chapter 8 1/4

Question 1

confabulation

Answer 1

confusion of an event that happened to someone else with 1 that happened to you OR a belief that you rmr smtn when it nvr happened

Question 2

source amnesia

Answer 2

inability to distinguish what you originally experienced from what you heard or were told later about an event

Question 3

cue-dependent forgetting

Answer 3

inability to retrieve information stored in memory bc of insufficient cues for recall

Question 4

consolidation

Answer 4

the process where a long-term memory becomes durable + stable

Question 5

cerebellum

Answer 5

forming procedural memories

Question 6

amygdala

Answer 6

encodes emotionally arousing aspects of stimuli + plays an important role in helping us form long-term memories + events that stir our emotions

Question 7

memory consolidation

Answer 7

gradual binding process, refers to the process by which a temporary, labile memory is transformed into a more stable, long-lasting form.

Question 8

source confusion

Answer 8

(source monitoring error), our tendency to recall smtn or recognize it as familiar, but to forget where we encountered it

Question 9

misinformation effect

Answer 9

distortion of a memory by misleading post-event info

Question 10

prospective memory

Answer 10

concerns rmring to perform an activity in the future ex. forgetting to turn off oven

Question 11

retrospective memory

Answer 11

memory for past events

Question 12

infantile amnesia

Answer 12

inability to rmr experiences from first few years of our lives

Question 13

Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 13

a progressive brain disorder that is the most common cause of dementia among adults 65+

Question 14

dementia

Answer 14

impaired memory + other cognitive deficits that accompany brain degeneration + interfere w normal functioning

Question 15

anterograde amnesia

Answer 15

refers to memory loss for events that occur after the initial onset of amnesia

Question 16

retrograde amnesia

Answer 16

memory loss for events that occurred prior to the onset of amnesia

Question 17

repression

Answer 17

pushed it down into the unconscious mind

Question 18

retroactive inference

Answer 18

newly acquired material interferes w the ability to recall info learned @ an earlier time