Forgetting
Eerie sense that ”I’ve experienced this before”, which comes from unconscious cues
Deja Vu
Part of brain responsible for long-term memory storage
Hippocampus
Learning that persists over time
Memory
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units
Chunking
Andy cannot remember the correct answer to the test until the sight of edge brings back the memory of the correct answer, as he had studied with edge the week prior. What is Andy using to remember?
Retrieval Cues
Forward-acting disruptive effect of older learning on the recall of new information
Proactive Interference
Brian is flung from Mach 3 ride at Tombola into the pavement and severely damages his hippocampus. Which types of memories would be impacted?
explicit memories
Disease that interferes with memory due to formation of plaques in the brain
Alzheimer’s Disease
Terry memorizes the wavelengths of colors using ROY G BIV (Red, orange, yellow, green, etc.) What is this technique called?
Mnemonics
Activatio of certain associations, predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response
Priming
When people form false memories by incorporating misleading details when they imagine them.
Misinformation effect
Clear, sustained memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
Flashbulb memories
Immediate, brief recording of sensory info into memory storage
Sensory memory
Encoding requiring attention and conscious effort
Effortful processing
Tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list
Serial Position Effect
Inability to form new memories
Anterograde Amnesia
Deep brain structure involved in motor movement, facilitating formation of our procedural memories for skills
Basal Ganglia
Processing many aspects of a process simultaneously; naturally done by the brain
Parallel Processing
You are watching a YouTube video in class and Dr .Pretzell asks you what was the last thing he said. You remember the last 3 words he said even though you were not paying attention. What is this called?
Echoic Memory
Tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current mood
Mood congruent
Backward-acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old information
Retroactive interference
increase in a cell’s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation
Long Term Potentiation
Newer understanding of short-term memory that adds conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual info, and of info retrieved from long term memory
Working memory
Model that represents processing in three stages: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory
Atkinson-Shiffrin Model
the idea that cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it
Encoding Specificity Principle