Memory

Question 1

Memory of a specific event

Answer 1

episodic memory

Question 2

Memory that consists of general knowledge

Answer 2

semantic memory

Question 3

Memory that is implied; consists of skills people have learned

Answer 3

implicit memory

Question 4

Memory of an event that has a special meaning; recalled in great detail

Answer 4

flashbulb memory

Question 5

Encoding information by applying meaning

Answer 5

semantic code

Question 6

Encoding information by using sound

Answer 6

acoustic code

Question 7

Encoding information by using pictures

Answer 7

visual code

Question 8

Process by which we recall experiences, information and skills

Answer 8

memory

Question 9

A method of storage that utilizes repetition; repeating over and over to learn something

Answer 9

maintenance rehearsal

Question 10

A method of storage that ties information to other info; requires deeper thought; remember info by tying it to other info (ex: touch/taste activity)

Answer 10

elaborative rehearsal

Question 11

The first stage of the three stage memory approach

Answer 11

sensory memory

Question 12

This is your working memory; it fades after several seconds

Answer 12

short term memory

Question 13

When it is easier to recall initial (first) items in a list

Answer 13

primacy effect

Question 14

When it is easier to recall the last items in a list

Answer 14

recency effect

Question 15

When you organize information in to familiar units to help you remember them more easily (ex: break apart phone number in to manageable units)

Answer 15

chunking

Question 16

the last stage of the three stage memory approach

Answer 16

long term memory

Question 17

When you identify what has been encountered before

Answer 17

recognition

Question 18

When you bring back to your mind information already learned

Answer 18

recall

Question 19

When new information interferes with old information

Answer 19

interference

Question 20

Mental representations of the world; one way of organizing in long term memory; may influence your reconstruction of a memory

Answer 20

schemas

Question 21

Type of interference: Recent Interferes (can’t remember old)

Answer 21

retroactive

Question 22

Type of interference: Previous Interferes (can’t remember new)

Answer 22

proactive

Question 23

information in STM is not encoded in LTM

Answer 23

encoding failure

Question 24

memories stored in LTM are momentarily inaccessible (tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon)

Answer 24

retrieval failure

Question 25

type of memory? I know how to drive a car

Answer 25

implicit memory

Question 26

type of memory? I know Skinner’s Operant Conditioning theories

Answer 26

semantic memory

Question 27

type of memory? I know algebraic formulas

Answer 27

semantic memory

Question 28

type of memory? I remember my first day of middle school

Answer 28

episodic memory

Question 29

type of memory? I know how to skateboard

Answer 29

implicit memory

Question 30

type of memory? I remember what I ate for lunch on Saturday

Answer 30

episodic memory

Question 31

process by which we maintain encoded information over a period of time

Answer 31

storage

Question 32

the three steps of the Information Processing Approach

Answer 32

encoding, storage, retrieval

Question 33

the three stages of the Three Stage Memory Approach

Answer 33

sensory, short term, long term

Question 34

Memories are dependent on the place where they were encoded and stored

Answer 34

context dependent memory

Question 35

when you locate stored information and bring it to conscious thought

Answer 35

retrieval