Test Flashcards
Flashbulb memory
clear and emotional memory
semantic memory
Jeopardy like
procedural memory
how to do something
eidetic memory
photographic
iconic memory
visual stimuli
echoic memory
sensory stimuli
explicit memory
put in effort to remember
parallel processing
processing multiple things at once
automatic processing
unconscious processing
shallow processing
encoding the structure but not the meaning of something
semantic encoding
the meaning of something
spacing effect
studying over several days is better for long term memory
next in line effect
cant remember what someone just said when a person is speaking
serial position effect
remembering the first and last items on a list
primacy effect
things at the begging of a list are easier to remember
recency effect
things at the bottom of a list are better remembered
Rosy retrospection
remembering the high point of an event
mnemonics
memory aids
method of loki
placing things to remember at a location
link method
forming a mental image relating to something in order to remember
hierarchies
broad groups divided into smaller concepts
chunking
putting information into manageable units
retrograde memory
unable to remember past memories
anterograde memory
unable to form new memories
proactive interference
disruption from new information
retroactive interference
disruption in recalling old information
transience
storage decay over time
blocking
cannot retrieve stored information
misattribution
confusing the source of information
metacognition
thinking about thinking
means-end analysis
breaking down a problem
anchoring effect
influenced by a reference point
phonemes
smallest units of sound
morphemes
smallest units of meaning
Linguistic determinism
thinking effects our language
flynn effect
intelligence scores have gone up over the years
Terman’s study
tracked the lives of gifted children
Crystallized intelligence
based on life experiences
