Chp8-P250-EndReverse Flashcards
A characteristic of memory retrieval in which the recall of beginning and end items on a list is often better than recall of items appearing in the middle
Serial Position Effect?
Improved memory for items at the start of a list
Primacy effect?
Improved memory for items at the end of a list
Recency effect?
The assumption that the serial position effect can be altered by the context and the distinctiveness of the experience being recalled.
Contextual distinctiveness?
A theory that suggest that the deeper the level at which information was processed the more likely it is to be retained in memory.
Levels of processing theory
The perspective that suggests that memory is best when the type of processing carried out at encoding matches the processes carried out at retrieval
Transfer appropriate processing
In the assessment of implicit memory, the advantage conferred by prior exposure to a word or situation.
Priming?
Circumstances in which past memories make it more difficult to encode and retrieve new information
Proactive interference?
Circumstances in which the formation of new memories makes it more difficult to recover older memories.
Retroactive interference?
A technique for improving memory by enriching the encoding of information.
Elaborative rehearsal
A strategy or device that uses familiar information during the encoding of new information to enhance subsequent access to the information in memory.
Mnemonic?
Implicit or explicit knowledge about memory abilities and effective memory strategies, cognition about memory.
Metamemory?
A mental representation of kinds or categories of items and ideas.
Concept?
The level of categorisation that can be retrieved from memory most quickly and used most efficiently.
Basic Level?
A general conceptual framework or cluster of knowledge regarding objects, people and situations.
Schema?
