Long Term Flashcards
Created by presenting a list of words to a participant, one after another. After the last word they write down as many words as they could remember in any order
Serial position curve (Murdoch 1962)
Memorized words better at the end of the serial position test
Recency effect
Participants were more likely to remember words presented at the beginning of a sequence
Primacy effect
Refers to the form in which stimuli are presented, can be a face, can be numbers
Coding
Memory being a reconstruction about the event
Constructive nature of memory
Memory that is initiated by a shocking event such as 911
Flashbulb memory
Memory that is initiated by a shocking event such as 911
Flashbulb memory
We recall autobiographical memories formed in 20’s
Reminiscence bump
Memory is enhanced when life identity is being formed, meaning your memory enhances if it relates to you
Self image hypothesis
Memories are consolidated more thoroughly when a period of rapid change is followed by a period of stability
Cognitive hypothesis
Inability to remember things prior to trauma
Retrograde amnesia
Just prior to the trauma, those memories show the most trauma
Graded amnesia
