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psych test two
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| retrieval cue | something that helps us recall stored information |
| encoding specificity principle | idea that any stimulus that is encoded along with an experience can later trigger memory for the experience |
| mnemonics | learning aids, strategies, and devices that improve recall (making songs, roy g biv, rhyming) |
| explicit memory | memory we are consciously aware of, we choose to bring it up and think about it |
| episodic memory | explicit memory about one's personal past experience |
| semantic memory | explicit memory for knowledge about the world (don't know where we learned it) (woman takes man's name at marriage) |
| implicit memory | the system underlying conscious memories; not choose to think about them, but they still influence us |
| procedural memory | implicit memory that involves motor skills and behavioral habits (driving and not realizing what you doing) |
| forgetting | inability to retrieve memory from long-term storage (we do not leave long-term info) |
| seven sins of memory | check chart |
| Transience (forgetting over time: proactive vs retroactive interference) | Proactive: when old information makes it difficult to remember new info (dialing mom's old number) Retroactive: when new info inhibits ability to remember old info |
| blocking (sin) | temporary inability to remember something (tip of the tongue) |
| absentmindedness | shallow encoding of information (forgetting the name of someone you just met) |
| persistence | recurrence of unwanted events (PTSD) |
| flashbulb memory | emotional event that you think you remember vividly (9/11) |
| memory bias | changing of memories over time |
| misattribution | people misremember time, place, or people involved with the memory |
| suggestibility | the development of biased memories from misleading information |
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Cole.Turner
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