Deja vu

Mona Lisa

100

Information that has been stored and can be retrieved.

Memory

200

Process of getting stored information that is in our brain... back out

Retrieval

300

Remembering the Great Lakes by using HOMES is an example of a __________ device. 

Mnemonic

400

What percent of adults said they could recall exactly where they were when they first heard about 9/11?

95%

500

Not being able to form new memories is called antereograde amnesia, not being able to recall past information that is stored in long-term memory is called _____ amnesia.

retrograde

The Starry Night

100

Retrieving information not currently in your conscious awareness. 

Recall

200

Facts and expereiences that we can consciously know and declare are declarative memories, also known as __________ memories. 

Explicit

300

Very unscientific name for massed practice (studying)

cramming

400

Because its almost like a picture, the perceived clarity of memories of surprising or significant events that makes them easy to recall are called ____________ memories. 

flashbulb

500

Interference occuring when learning disrups your recall of new information is called Proactive Interference. When new learning disrupts recall of old information that is called

Retroactive Interference

The Scream

100

Name for learning something more quickly the second, third, or more times. 

Relearning

200

Another name for non-declarative memories. 

implicit memories

300

Spreading your learning over several months, rather than over a shorter term can help you retain information for ______-

a lifetime

400

After seeing the word "rabbit" we are more likely to spell the spoken word as h-a-r-e. This is an example of 

priming

500

Memories recovered under ________ or the influence of drugs are not used in court cases because they are unreliable. 

hypnosis

Guernica

100

Name of German Philosopher that used Nonsense syllables to test memory. 

Ebbinghaus

200

Our memory for auditory stimuli is called

ecohic memory

300

If new information is not meaningful or related to experience, we have trouble __________ it. 

Processing

400

Briefly recallilng the last items of a list quickly is known as the 

recency effect

500

If we witness and event, but are exposed to misleading information about it, we tend to misremember. This is known as ______ effect. 

misinformation 

Girl with the Pearl Earring

100

Process name for retaining information

Storage

200

Organizing items into familiar, manageable units is called 

chunking

300

The temporal lobe neural center in the limbic system, which is the brain's equivalent to a "save button". 

hippocampus

400

Remembering the things at the beginning of the list the next day, because they are rehearsed more than things at the end of the list is called

serial position effect

500

______ study and self-assessment is much better than cramming for a test. 

Spaced