Unless our __________ meaningfully encodes or rehearses information, it quickly disappears from short-term memory.
What is working memory?
100
Mnemonic devices and priming are examples of this.
What is are retrieval cues?
100
One of the sins of forgetting besides transience and blocking is this.
What is absent-mindedness?
100
This scientist studies how memories are constructed and how they can be manipulated.
Who is Elizabeth Loftus?
200
We can boost our memory through this, otherwise known as conscious repetition.
What is rehearsal.
200
Short term memory can story approximately ______ bits of information.
What is 7?
200
This experience happens when one is in a context similar to one that has been experienced before.
What is deja vu?
200
This scientist said the course of forgetting is initially rapid, but then it levels off.
Who is Hermann Ebbinghaus?
200
This type of memory distortion happens because visualizing something and actually perceiving it activate similar parts of the brain.
What is imagination inflation?
300
We retain information better when rehearsal is distributed over time. This is called what?
What is the spacing effect.
300
What part of the brain is stimulated during emotional events, and thus helps memory storage?
What is the amygdala?
300
Because memories are ________________, our moods can persist longer than we might expect.
What is mood congruent?
300
This happens when one cannot remember one's old locker combination after learning a new one.
What is retroactive interference?
300
This happens when we retain the memory of an event but not the context in which we acquired it.
What is source amnesia?
400
Recall is often best for the last and first items in a series. This is called the ______ and _______ effect.
What is recency and primacy?
400
Explicit memories are stored in this part of the brain.
What is the hippocampus?
400
Getting someone to say the word "sleep" was in a list of related words when in reality it was not is an example of this concept.
What is priming?
400
Old information can sometimes help us remember new information because of this.
What is positive transfer?
400
We cannot reliably remember events prior to this age.
What is 3 years old.
500
Attaching meaning to something one wants to remember is called what?
What is semantic encoding?
500
Another name for non-declarative memory is this term.
What is implicit memory?
500
Feeding someone incorrect facts about an event can cause that person to "remember" something that in fact did not happen. This is called the ______________ effect.
What is misinformation?
500
This scientist theorized that people repress painful memories to preserve their self-concept.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
500
This is critical for the brain's ability to organize and consolidate information into long-term memory.