Vocab 1
Learning that has persisted over time; Information that has been stored and can be retrieved
Memory
Limited–capacity store that can maintain unrehearsed information of up to ~20 seconds
Short Term Memory
Memory for factual information
Recollections of words, definitions, names, dates, faces, events, concepts, ideas, and personal experiences
Declarative memory
When information was never inserted to memory in the first place, usually because of lack of attention
Pseudoforgetting
Identifying information that has been previously learned/experienced from an array of options
Recognition
Focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events
Attention
Unlimited capacity store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time
Long Term Memory
Memory for actions, skills, conditioned responses, and emotional memories
Procedural memory/muscle memory
Nondeclarative memory
When new information impairs the retention of previously learned information
Ability to reproduce information on your own without any cues
Recall
Organized cluster of knowledge about a particular object or event developed from previous experience
Subdivision of declarative memory: Memories of general knowledge
General facts
Semantic Memory
When previously learned information interferes with the retention of new information
Proactive interference
When participant’s recall of an event they witnessed is altered by introducing misleading post-event information
Misinformation effect
Maintaining encoded information in memory over time
Storage
Unusually vivid and detailed recollections of the circumstances in which one learned of momentous public events
Flashbulb memories
Subdivision of declarative memory: Type of memory for long-term storage of information that involves recollections of specific situations, events, and experiences in one’s life
Personal facts
Episodic memory
A person loses memories for events that occurred prior to the injury
Retrograde amnesia
Temporary inability to remember something you know, accompanied by a feeling that it is just out of reach
Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
Recovering information from memory stores
Retrieval
Tendency for a person to better recall the first and last items in a series the best, and the middle items the worst
Serial position effect
Which memory system is intact for Clive Wearing?
Nondeclarative memory
A person loses memories for events that occur after the injury
Anterograde amnesia
Remembering to perform actions in the future
Prospective memory