Chapter 9- Memory

Question 0

Clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

Answer 0

Flashbulb memory

Question 1

Indication that learning has persisted over time

Answer 1

Memory

Question 2

The process of info into the memory system ex. Extracting meaning

Answer 2

Encoding

Question 3

The retention of encoded info over time

Answer 3

Storage

Question 4

Process of getting info out of memory storage

Answer 4

Retrieval

Question 5

Immediate initial recording of sensory info in the memory system

Answer 5

Sensory memory

Question 6

Activated memory that holds a few items briefly

Answer 6

Short-Term

Question 7

Almost permanent and limitless storage of the memory system

Answer 7

Long-Term

Question 8

Processes info that is briefly stored(manipulate or change things)

Answer 8

Workinf memory

Question 9

Unconscious encoding of incidental info

Answer 9

Automatic processing

Question 10

Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

Answer 10

Effortful processing

Question 11

Conscious repetition of info

Answer 11

Rehearsal

Question 12

More you repeat something the more you will learn

Answer 12

Retention curve

Question 13

Distributed studying will lead to better long term retention

Answer 13

Spacing effect

Question 14

Tendency to recall the first and the last items best in a list

Answer 14

Serial position effect

Question 15

Encoding of pictures

Answer 15

Visual encoding

Question 16

Encoding of sound

Answer 16

Acoustic encoding

Question 17

Encoding of meaning

Answer 17

Semantic encoding

Question 18

Mental pictures helps to process info

Answer 18

Imagery

Question 19

Memory aids

Answer 19

Mnemonics

Question 20

Organizing items into meaningful groups

Answer 20

Chunking

Question 21

Momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli

Answer 21

Iconic memory

Question 22

Momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli

Answer 22

Echoic memory

Question 23

Photographic memory

Answer 23

Eidetic memory

Question 24

Increase in synapse’s firing potential after brief rapid simulation

Answer 24

Long term potentiation

Question 25

Amnesia

Answer 25

The loss of memory

Question 26

Inability to remember events that occurred before the accident

Answer 26

Retrograde amnesia

Question 27

Inability to remember ongoing events after the accident

Answer 27

Anterograde amnesia

Question 28

Retention independent of conscious recollection

Answer 28

Implicit

Question 29

Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and “declare”

Answer 29

Explicit

Question 30

Neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage

Answer 30

Hippocampus

Question 31

Implicit memories

Answer 31

Cerebellum

Question 32

Measure of memory in which someone must retrieve info learned earlier

Answer 32

Recall

Question 33

Measure of memory in which someone only needs to identify items previously learned

Answer 33

Recognition

Question 34

Memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a 2nd time

Answer 34

Relearning

Question 35

Activation unconsciously of particular associations in memory

Answer 35

Priming

Question 36

Memories that are helped or changed by similarities or differences in environmental context

Answer 36

Context dependent

Question 37

Sense that something has happened before

Answer 37

Déjà vu

Question 38

Something learned in one state of mind is easily recalled when you are in that same state

Answer 38

State dependent

Question 39

Ability to recall experiences that are consistent with the mood you are in

Answer 39

Mood-congruent

Question 40

When info never enters your long term memory

Answer 40

Encoding failure

Question 41

Much of what we learn we forget

Answer 41

Forgetting curve

Question 42

Disruptive effect on prior learning on the recall of new info

Answer 42

Proactive interference

Question 43

Disruptive effect of new learning getting in the way of recalling old info

Answer 43

Retroactive interference

Question 44

Blocking out or pushing out embarrassing or horrific memories

Answer 44

Repression

Question 45

Filling in the memory gap

Answer 45

Confabulation

Question 46

Thinking the origin of memory is somewhere different than where it actually came from

Answer 46

Source amnesia