Memory

Question 1

What is Memory Illusion?

Answer 1

False but compelling report of an experience that did not happen.

Question 2

Memory

Answer 2

Can be defined as “the retention of information”.

Question 3

Memory Paradox

Answer 3

Memories are not static and change overtime.

Question 4

Hyperthymestic Syndrome

Answer 4

Memory for all personal life events ever.
(Very rare)

Question 5

What are memories shaped by?

Answer 5

Hunches, Beliefs, Moods, Expectations, and Cultural Narratives.

Question 6

Top-down Processing

Answer 6

Conceptual driven processing influenced by beliefs and expectations.

Question 7

What are the three types of memory?

Answer 7

Sensory, Short-term, and Long-term.

Question 8

Iconic Memory

Answer 8

Memory for visual stimuli.

Question 9

Echoic Memory

Answer 9

Memory for auditory stimuli.

Question 10

Eidetic Imagery

Answer 10

“Photographic Memory”, holds visual images in mind and recall almost perfectly.

Question 11

Short-term Memory

Answer 11

Memory system that retains information for limited durations.

Question 12

Working Memory

Answer 12

Our ability to hold onto information we’re currently thinking about, attending to, or processing actively.

Question 13

Decay

Answer 13

Memories fade over time.

Question 14

Interference

Answer 14

Loss of information due to competition with other information.

Question 15

What are the two types of interference?

Answer 15

Retroactive, and Proactive.

Question 16

Retroactive Interference

Answer 16

Happens when learning new information interferes with something previously learned.

Question 17

Proactive Interference

Answer 17

Happens when earlier learning interferes with learning something new.