Ebbinghouse's research suggested that most forgetting happens ________.
The type of memory that handles facts and information.
What is declarative memory?
The processing of information into the memory system
What is encoding?
The theory that suggests that memory is enhanced by forming both semantic and visual codes?
What is duel-coding theory?
What is the storage capacity of the long term memory?
The type of memory that handles motor skills, conditioned responses, and emotional memories
What is nondeclarative memory?
When an individual's memory for an event is altered by the later introduction of inaccurate or misleading information, it is referred to as the _________.
Misinformation effect
The hypothetical process involving the gradual conversion of information into durable memory codes stored in long term memory is known as
What is consolidation?
Information loss due to ineffective encoding
What is pseudoforgetting?
Damage to which of the following is MOST likely to cause deficits in long-term memory?
What is the hippocampus?
Unusually vivid and detailed recollections of momentous events
What are flashbulb memories?
The three parts of Atkinson and Shiffrin's model of memory
What are sensory register, short-term memory, and long-term memory?
What is Freud's idea of banishing from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.
Repression
The process which explains why when we think of one word, such as "mask" it triggers other concepts like "lung" and "cough"
What is a semantic network?