Influencing Ability/Inability to Remember Flashcards
What is forgetting?
Forgetting refers to the inability to access or recover information that was once stored in your memory
the memory may still be there, but you cannot access it for some reason
What accessibility vs availability
when information is stored is is available
when information can be retrieved at a specific time or place is is deemed accessible
if a memory isn’t available (stored), it can not be accessed
What is retrieval failure?
failure to retrieve information from LTM
some memories cannot be accessed due to them being traumatic
What do retrieval cues do?
a stimulus that triggers the location and recovery of a memory
a retrieval cue can bring up other memories that are associated with it
some cues can be smells, sounds, colours, not always words or questions
Context and state independent cues are…
state dependant - cues associated with psychological and physiological states when memory was made
Context dependant - cues in a specific environment where memory was formed (doesn’t need to be the exact place)
Elaborative rehearsal
process of linking new info in a meaningful way, deeper level of processing
e.g. instead of memorising a definition, it would be better remembered if you link it to something like a funny acronym
serial position effect
free recall is better for the start and end of a list, the middle is more likely to be forgotten
maintinece rehersal
repeating info to keep it in your STM and increase chances of it being encoded to LTM
primary and recency effect
Primary- enhanced recall of information presented at the beginning of a list
Recency- enhanced recall of information presented at the end of a list
