chapter 8

Question 1

absentmindedness

Answer 1

lapses in memory that are caused by breaks in attention

Question 2

acoustic encoding

Answer 2

input of sounds, words, and music

Question 3

amnesia

Answer 3

loss of long-term memory that occurs as the result of disease, physical trauma, or psychological trauma

Question 4

anterograde amnesia

Answer 4

loss of memory for events that occur after the brain trauma

Question 5

arousal theory

Answer 5

strong emotions trigger the formation of strong memories and weaker emotional experiences form weaker memories

Question 6

Atkinson-Shiffrin model

Answer 6

memory model that states we process information through three systems: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory

Question 7

automatic processing

Answer 7

encoding of informational details like time, space, frequency, and the meaning of words

Question 8

bias

Answer 8

how feelings and view of the world distort memory of past events

Question 9

blocking

Answer 9

memory error in which you cannot access stored information

Question 10

chunking

Answer 10

organizing information into manageable bits or chunks

Question 11

construction

Answer 11

formulation of new memories