Types of Memory
This type of memory stores personal life events.
What is episodic memory?
This process refers to taking in information into memory.
What is encoding?
This principle states recall is better when encoding and retrieval contexts match.
What is encoding specificity?
This occurs when you confuse where a memory came from.
What is source monitoring error?
This principle states we remember pleasant information better than unpleasant.
What is the Pollyanna principle?
This memory involves general world knowledge like facts.
What is semantic memory?
This theory states deeper processing leads to better recall.
What is levels of processing?
This type of memory task directly asks you to recall information.
What is explicit memory?
This effect occurs when misleading information changes memory of an event.
What is the misinformation effect?
This effect explains how mood influences what we remember.
What is mood congruence?
This memory helps you remember how to perform tasks like driving.
What is procedural memory?
This effect explains why we remember information better when it relates to ourselves.
What is the self-reference effect?
This type of memory task measures memory indirectly (like word completion).
What is implicit memory?
This type of memory feels vivid for emotional events but can still be inaccurate.
What is flashbulb memory?
Over time, this happens to unpleasant memories more than pleasant ones.
What is fading of negative emotions (positivity effect)?