In psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories
What is repression
100
Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event
What is misinformation effect
200
A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
What is flashbulb memory
200
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically
What is chunking
200
Retention independent of conscious recollection, also called procedural memory
What is implicit memory
200
An inability to retrieve stored information could be attributed to the absence or weakness of this
What is a Retrieval Cue
200
Attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined. Also called source misattribution.
What is source amnesia
300
The immediate and very brief recording of all incoming information is stored in
What is sensory memory
300
Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
What is effortful processing
300
Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare". Also called declarative memory
What is explicit memory
300
Memories that fades after storage will fade fastest near the beginning of the learning process according to this
Forgetting Curve
300
This region of the brain is most vital for the encoding of episodic and declarative memories
What is the hippocampus
400
A newer understanding of short term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual- spatial information, and of information retrieved from long- term memory
What is working memory
400
The three types of encoding
What is visual, acoustic, and semantic
400
The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood
What is mood- congruent memory
400
The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information
What is proactive interference
400
Because of the serial positioning effect, we will form the weakest memories of the items near which part of a series
What is the middle
500
These are the two ways in which information can be retrieved from long-term memory
What are recall and recognition.
500
Tendency to retain information more easily if we practice it repeatedly over time than if we practice it in one long session
What is spacing effect
500
An increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory
What is long- term potentiation (LTP)
500
The disruptive effect of brain trauma on our ability to recall events since the onset of trauma is referred to as
Anterograde Amnesia
500
This has be shown to be effective in extending the duration information can remain in working memory