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module 32
reading check
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| semantic | explicit memory of facts and general knowledge; one of our two conscious memory systems |
| episodic | explicit memory of personally experienced events; one of our two conscious memory systems |
| hippocampus | a neural center located in the limbic system; helps process for storage explicit (conscious) memories of facts and events. |
| memory consolidation | the neural storage of a long-term memory. |
| flashbulb memories | a clear, sustained memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. |
| long-term potentiation (LTP) | an increase in a cell’s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation; a neural basis for learning and memory. |
| priming | the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response. |
| encoding specificity principle | the idea that cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it. |
| mood congruent | the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood. |
| serial position effect | our tendency to recall best the last (recency effect) and first (primacy effect) items in a list. |
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