Test #2 Flashcards
Context changes the meaning of the target item
Encoding Specificity Principle
The match between the retrieval environment and the encoding environment is critical.
Encoding Specificity Principle
Memory performance depends on what you use as a retrieval cue and what you are trying to remember
Encoding Specificity Principle
The more deeply you process information, the better will be your recall
Levels of Processing Theory
Who developed the Levels of Processing Theory?
Craik and Lockhart
Memory is a ‘by-product’ of depth of Processing
Levels of Processing Theory
Rhyme vs Category inclusion
Rhyme is considered to be a shallower encoding mechanism than Categorizing
Memory is better if items are processed deeply
Main Effect of Depth of Processing
Encoding Specificity Principle
A retrieval cue is effective only to the extent that it matches, overlaps, or reinstates the the conditions that existed at the time of encoding
Transfer Appropriate Processing
Because the compatibility between Study setting and Test setting can determine performance, study needs to be conducted with the manner of testing in mind
Are moods a ‘state’ something like a drug state?
There is some evidence for Mood dependent memory. Manic depressive studies of Stillman & Weingartner
Mood Congruence
Refers to the ‘rose colored glasses’ hypothesis. You think happy thoughts when you are happy. So you would remember happy words, and happy thoughts when happy, and sad thoughts and words when you’re sad
Mood Dependence
Implicates access to everything, regardless of its affective tone, that occurred while you were in one mood verses another
Room Dependence
States that the room in which encoding my act as a state dependent condition and lead to better retrieval. Generally, however, room Dependence is very hard to find EXCEPT, when the room or place has a lot of explicit cues, or when the change mediates a severe MOOD change
Retrograde Amnesia
The loss of memory for the time period preceding the amnesia causing event
