Module 32 - Memory

Question 1

flashbulb memory

Answer 1

a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

Question 2

hippocampus

Answer 2

a neural center located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage

Question 3

long-term potentiation (LTP)

Answer 3

an increase in a cell’s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory.

Question 4

mood-congruent memory

Answer 4

the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood.

Question 5

priming

Answer 5

the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response.

Question 6

recall

Answer 6

a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test

Question 7

recognition

Answer 7

a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test.

Question 8

relearning

Answer 8

a measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again

Question 9

serial position effect

Answer 9

our tendency to recall best the last (a recency effect) and first items (a primacy effect) in a list