Memory and forgetting unit test

Question 1

Working memory

Answer 1

system in your brain that allows you to temporarily retain and manipulate the stored info involved in a complex process

Question 2

Maintenance Rehearsal

Answer 2

straight repeating of info in order to memorize it

Question 3

Implicit “Unconscious” Memory

Answer 3

info that you remember unconsciously and effortlessly

Question 4

Procedural Memories

Answer 4

how to perform a specific task

Question 5

Explicit “Conscious” memory

Answer 5

info that you have to consciously work to remember

Question 6

Semantic Memory

Answer 6

memories of facts, concepts, names and other general knowledge

Question 7

Episodic Memory

Answer 7

long term memory that involves the recollection of specific events, situations, and experiences

Question 8

Prospective Memory

Answer 8

remembering to complete a task in the future

Question 9

Long-Term Potentiation

Answer 9

strengthening of a synapse connection that happens when the synapse of one neuron repeatedly fires and excites another neuron

Question 10

Forgetting Curve

Answer 10

the exponential loss of info shortly after learning it (Ebbinghaus)

Question 11

Retrograde Amnesia

Answer 11

cannot remember things that happened before the event that caused their amnesia

Question 12

Anterograde Amnesia

Answer 12

Condition in which a person os unable to create new memories after an amnesia-inducing event

Question 13

Encoding Failure

Answer 13

Occurs when a memory was never formed in the first place (without effort many memories never form)

Question 14

Proactive Interference

Answer 14

older (prior) memories interfere with the retrieval of newer memories

Question 15

Retroactive Interference

Answer 15

newer (recent) memories interfere with the retrieval of older memories

Question 16

Flashbulb memories

Answer 16

vivid and detailed memories that people create during times of personal tragedy, accident, or emotionally significant world events

Question 17

Elizabeth Loftus (1944)

Answer 17

Extensive research on memory construction and false memories and how memory is changeable it is not always accurate

Question 18

Method of Loci

Answer 18

association of words on a list with visualization of places on a familiar path

Question 19

Context-Dependent Memory

Answer 19

Easier recall of info while in the same context of the environment in which it was acquired

Question 20

Memory

Answer 20

learning that has persisted over time and info that has been stored and can be retrieved

Question 20

State-Dependent Memory

Answer 20

memories that are triggered or enhanced by a person’s current mood because of the relationship to memories when you were in a similar state

Question 21

Recall

Answer 21

Being able to access the info without being cued (fill in the blank test)

Question 22

Recognition

Answer 22

identifying info after experiencing it again (multiple choice test)

Question 23

Relearning

Answer 23

The process by which we learn something something for the second time. This learning process often occurs faster that the first time (Studying for a cumulative test/me being in AP psych after taking normal psych)

Question 24

1. Encoding
2. Storage
3. Retrieval

Answer 24

a. the process of putting info into the memory system
2. The creation of a permanent record of the encoded info
3. The calling back of stored info on demand when its needed

Question 25

a. Iconic Memory
b. Echoic Memory
c. Haptic Memory

Answer 25

a. visual
b. auditory
c. touch

Question 26

Priming

Answer 26

often unconscious activation of memory associations

Question 27

Recency Effect

Answer 27

enhanced recall of items at the end of a list of words