PSYC317CH5 Flashcards
coding
semantic elaboration of information to make it easier to remember
cognitive interview
the use of cognitively based retrieval techniques to imporove recall
coneptually driven process
a process that is influenced by a person’s strategies
control process
a strategy that determines how information is processed
data-driven process
a process that is influenced by the stimulus material
direct memory test
a test that asks people to recall or recognize past events
episodic memory
memory of specific events, including when and where they occurred
explicit memory
memory evaluated by direct memory test
imaging
creating visual images to make material easier to remember.
implicit memory
memory evaluated by indirect memory tests
indirect memory test
a test that does not explicitly ask about past events but is influenced by memory of past events
knowledge acquisition
storage of information in long-term memory
long-term memory (LTM)
memory that has no capacity limits and lasts from minutes to an entire lifetime.
metacognition
the selection of strategies for processing information
naturalistic study
a study of the tip-of the-tongue state in which people record these event as they occur outside the laboratory
primacy effect
the better recall of words at the beginning of a list
priming
facilitation in the detection or recognition of a stimulus by using prior information
procedural memory
memory for actions, skills, and operations
recency effect
the better recall of words at the end of a list
recognition memory
deciding whether an item haad preciously occurred ina specified context
rehersal
repeating verbal information to keep it active in short-term memory or to transfer it into long-term memory
retrieval fluency
the ease with wich an item can be recalled
retrieval strategy
a strategy for recalling infomraiton from long-term memory
rote learning
learning by repetition rather than through understanding
