Long-term Memory Flashcards
Memory for facts and general knowledge.
Semantic Memory
Memory for one’s own experiences.
Episodic Memory
Skill or “how to” memory
Procedural Memory
Explicit knowledge that can be consciously described.
Declarative Memory
Memory or knowledge that cannot be consciously recalled or described.
Implicit Memory
Memories that can be consciously recalled or recognized.
Explicit Memory
The theory that forgetting is caused by other memories impairing the retention or retrieval of the target memory.
Interference
A memory task in which subjects learn lists of items presented in pairs (e.g., DOG-26, CLOCK-59, etc.) and are later asked to remember the second (“response”) item in each pair when cued with the first (“stimulus”) item.
Paired Associate Learning (PAL)
The effect of later material in reducing memory for material learned earlier.
Retroactive Interference (RI)
The effect of earlier material in reducing memory for material learned later.
Proactive Interference (Pl)
The finding that memory retrieval is more difficult the greater the number of items associated with the cue item.
Fan Effect
A return to perfect performance in the distractor task that results when the category of stimulus materials is changed.
Release from Pl
The physiological process by which a temporary memory trace becomes transformed into a permanent long-term memory.
Consolidation
