Module 2.6

Question 1

Recall

Answer 1

remembering without cues

Question 2

Recognition

Answer 2

relies on retrieval cues

Question 3

Context-dependent memory

Answer 3

the process of memory retrieval can be enhanced when people are in the same environmental space

Question 4

mood-congruent memory

Answer 4

the process of memory retrieval can be enhanced when people are in the same mood

Question 5

State-dependent memory

Answer 5

the process of memory retrieval can be enhanced when people are in the same physical state

Question 6

Testing effect

Answer 6

a retrieval practice process; the finding that taking a test on previously studied material leads to better retention than does restudying that material for an equivalent amount of time

Question 7

Metacognition

Answer 7

a retrieval practice process; awareness of one’s own cognitive processes, often involving a conscious attempt to control them. The tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, in which one struggles to retrieve something that one knows one knows, provides an interesting and common example of metacognition