memory 4

Question 1

define a flashbulb memory

Answer 1

a vivid and enduring memory of a significant or emotionally charged event that is remembered in clarity.

Question 2

define infantile amnesia

Answer 2

when adults have limited or no recollection of events that occurred before ages 3/4

Question 3

define the reminiscence bump

Answer 3

• the enhanced memory of events occuring in adolescence typically from ages 10-30
• appear to only be positive memories

Question 4

what is retention function

Answer 4

shows better memory for the previous 20 years

Question 5

what is incidental forgetting

Answer 5

forgetting without the intention

Question 6

what is motivated forgetting

Answer 6

encompasses intentional forgetting and forgetting due to motivations

Question 7

what is the forgetting curve also known as

Answer 7

retention function

Question 8

what is the forgetting curve

Answer 8

• forget alot of things rapidly then rate of forgetting slowly declines as time goes on

Question 9

what are 2 key processes involved in incidental forgetting

Answer 9

• time realted decay
• interference

Question 10

what is time related decay?

Answer 10

memory traces become weaker over time

Question 11

what is interference?

Answer 11

disruption due to other related memory traces

Question 12

what are 2 forms of interference

Answer 12

• retroactive interference
• proactive interference

Question 13

what is retroactive interference

Answer 13

forgetting due to encoding new traces

Question 14

what is proactive interference

Answer 14

forgetting due to previous encoding

Question 15

what did barnes and underwood 1959 find about recall for word lists and 2nd time?

Answer 15

found 2nd list, impairs memory for first list

Question 16

what did baddeley and hitch 1977 find about rugby players?

Answer 16

• names of teams they could recall over a series of months decreased with number of interviewing games
• found forgetting also due to encountering similar information

Question 17

in a proactive intereference study by Underwood 1957, what was found about lists of words

Answer 17

• naive students remembered 80% of word-pair items 24 hours later
  BUT
• students who had 20 plus sessions of word pair items remembered fewer than 20%
  SHOWS the more proactive interference the poorer the performance

Question 18

what is psychogenic amnesia and what causes it

Answer 18

refers to cases where chunks of someones life can be forgotten
- set off by trauma and PTSD

Question 19

what is retrieval suppression

Answer 19

actively trying to suppress or block the retrieval of specific information leads to temporary difficulty or inhibition in recalling that information