Chapter 9 - Second Half Flashcards
Echoic Memory
A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds.
Iconic Memory
A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second.
Amnesia
Loss of memory.
Implicit Memory
Retention independent of conscious recollection. (Procedural Memory)
Explicit Memory
Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare. (Declarative Memory)
Hippocampus
A neural center that is located in the Limbic System and helps process explicit memories for storage.
Recall
A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier as on a fill-in-the-blank test.
Recognition
A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned as on a multiple choice test.
Relearning
A memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time.
Retrieval Cues
Bits of information associated with other information. These pieces of information can be like tags or hints that can be used to retrieve the information.
Priming
The activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory.
Déjà vu
The eerie sense that ‘I’ve experienced this before.’ Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.
Herman Ebbinghaus
Associated with the forgetting and relearning curve.
Mood-Congruent Memory
The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s good or bad mood.
Proactive Interference
The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.
