Modules 24-28 Memory

Question 1

the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information

Answer 1

memory

Question 2

fill-in-the blank or essay tests

Answer 2

recall

Question 3

you must retrieve the information from your memory

Answer 3

recall

Question 4

multiple-choice tests

Answer 4

recognition

Question 5

you must identify the target from possible targets

Answer 5

recognition

Question 6

the processing of information into the memory system

Answer 6

encoding

Question 7

the retention of encoded material over time

Answer 7

storage

Question 8

the process of getting the information out of memory storage

Answer 8

retrieval

Question 9

a split second holding tank for all sensory information

Answer 9

sensory memory

Question 10

the stuff we encode from the sensory goes to the?

Answer 10

short term memory

Question 11

organizing items in to familiar manageable events

Answer 11

chunking

Question 12

repeating things over and over again like a song

Answer 12

rehearsal

Question 13

unlimited storehouse of information

Answer 13

long term memory

Question 14

the encoding of picture images

Answer 14

visual encoding

Question 15

the encoding of sound, especially the sounds of words

Answer 15

acoustic encoding

Question 16

the encoding of meaning

Answer 16

semantic encoding

Question 17

new information blocks out old information

Answer 17

retroactive interference

Question 18

old information blocks out new information

Answer 18

proactive interference

Question 19

long-lasting enhancement in signal transmission between two neurons that results from simulating them synchronously

Answer 19

long term-potentiation

Question 20

when interference occurs

Answer 20

encoding failure

Question 21

memory was encoded and stored, but sometimes you just can’t access the memory

Answer 21

retrieval failure

Question 22

the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information

Answer 22

proactive interference

Question 23

the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information

Answer 23

retroactive interference

Question 24

without rehearsal, we forget things over time

Answer 24

storage decay

Question 25

when you revise your own histories

Answer 25

motivated forgetting

Question 26

banishing of anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings and memories from consciousness

Answer 26

repression

Question 27

attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about or imagined

Answer 27

source amnesia

Question 28

repression caused by psychological trauma

Answer 28

dissociative amnesia

Question 29

forgetting early events in your life

Answer 29

infantile amnesia

Question 30

loss of STM due to trauma to the brain

Answer 30

anterograde amnesia

Question 31

loss of memory in the LTM

Answer 31

retrograde amnesia

Question 32

altered memory as they encoded or retrieved

Answer 32

memory construction

Question 33

incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event

Answer 33

misinformation effect