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Module 25

Retrieval

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The smell of freshly cut grass awakened in Mr. Smith vivid memories of his early childhood. The aroma apparently acted as a powerful what? retrieval cue
What is the serial position effect? the tendency to recall best the first and last items in a list
What is recall? a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, with few retrieval cues
What is recognition? a measure of memory in which one need only identify, rather than recall, previously learned information
What is relearning? a measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again
What is priming? the activation, often unconsciously, of a web of associations in memory in order to retrieve a specific memory
What is mood-congruent memory? the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with our current mood
When do the best retrieval cues come? from associations formed at the time we encode a memory
What we learn in one condition is best remembered in that condition. What is this called? state-dependent or mood-congruent learning
Name three measures of retention. recall, recognition, and relearning
According to serial position effect, when recalling a list of words, you should have the greatest difficulty with which words? the words in the middle of the list
Which of the measures of retention is the least sensitive in triggering retrieval? recall
What is the process of getting information out of memory storage? retrieval
Experimenters gave people a list of words to be recalled. When the participants were tested after a delay, the items that were best recalled were __________. those at the beginning of the list
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