Encoding and retrieving memories (7.2) Flashcards
Maintenance rehearsal
Prolonging exposure to information by repeating it
Elaborative rehearsal
Prolonging exposure to information by thinking about its meaning
Shallow processing
Involves encoding more superficial properties of a stimulus such as the sound or spelling of a word
Deep processing
Generally related to encoding information about an items meaning or its function
Self reference effect
Occurs when you think about infor in terms of how it relates to you or how it is useful to you; this type of encoding will lead to you remembering that information then you other wise would have
Recognition
Involves identifying a stimulus or piece of information when it is presented to you
State dependent memory
Retrieval is more effective when your internal state matches the state matches the state you were in during encoding
Mood dependent memory
People remember better if their mood retrieval matches their mood during encoding
Weapon focus
The tendency to focus on a weapon at the expense of peripheral information including the identity of the person holding the weapon
Flashbulb memory
An extremely vivid and detailed memory about an event and the conditions surrounding how we learned about the event
Forgetting curve
Shows that most forgetting occurs right away, and that the rate of forgetting eventually slows to the point where one does not seem to forget at all
Mnemonic
Technique intended to improve memory for specific information
Method of Loci
mnemonic that connects words to be remembered to locations along a familiar path
Acronyms
Pronounceable words whose letters represent the initials of an important phrase or set of time
First letter technique
Uses the first letters of a set of items to spell out words that form a sentence
