Week 11: Memory Flashcards
Episodic Memory
ability to learn and retrieve new info or episodes in one’s life
Semantic memory
more or less permanent store of knowledge people have
Autobiographical Memory
memory for the events of one’s life
Storage
stage in learning/memory process that bridges encoding and retrieval; persistence of memory over time
Retrieval
process of accessing stored info
Distinctiveness
principle that unusual events (in context of similar events) will be recalled and recognized better than uniform (nondistinctive) events
Flashbulb Memory
highly detailed and vivid memory of an emotionally significant event
Recoding
taking info in one form and converting it to another form, usually one more easily remembered
Memory Traces/Engrams
term indicating the change in the nervous system representing an event
Consolidation
process occurring after encoding that is believed to stabilize memory traces
Retroactive Interference
phenomenon whereby events that occur after some particular event of interest will usually cause forgetting the original event
Misinformation Effect
when erroneous/incorrect info occurring after an event is remembered as having been part of the og event
Encoding Specificity Principle
the hypothesis that a retrieval cue will be effective to the extent that info encoded from the cue overlaps or matches info in the engram or memory trace
Cue Overload Principle
principle stating that the more memories that are associated to a particular retrieval cue, the less effective the cue will be in prompting retrieval of any one memory
Mnemonic Devices
a strategy for remembering large amounts of info, usually involving imaging events occurring on a journey or w some other set of memorized cues
