Types of Long-Term Memory
This type of memory stores personal life events.
What is episodic memory?
Information processing based on meaning leads to better memory than shallow processing. This theory explains that.
What is the levels of processing theory?
This type of memory task requires producing information without cues.
What is recall?
Vivid memories of shocking events are called this.
What is a flashbulb memory?
This effect occurs when exposure to a stimulus influences later behavior without awareness.
What is priming?
This type of memory stores general facts and knowledge.
What is semantic memory?
According to this principle, recall is better when the retrieval context matches the encoding context.
What is the encoding specificity principle?
This type of task involves identifying previously learned information.
What is recognition?
The tendency to confuse the origin of a memory is called this.
What is source monitoring error?
Completing word fragments after prior exposure demonstrates this type of memory.
What is implicit memory?
this memory stystem stores skills like tying your shoes or riding a bike.
What is procedural memory?
Studying in the same room where you take a test demonstrates this type of context effect.
What is context-dependent memory?
A partial cue that triggers retrieval of stored information is called this.
What is a retrieval cue?
Mistaking something imagined for something that actually happened is this type of error.
What is a reality monitoring error?
Patients with amnesia often show intact performance on these tasks despite impaired explicit memory.
What are procedural tasks?
Episodic and semantic memory together make up this broader memory category.
What is explicit (or declarative) memory?
When your mood at retrieval matches your mood at encoding, memory improves.
What is state-dependent memory?
When earlier learning interferes with new information, it is called this type of interference.
What is proactive interference?
Leading questions can distort memory in this commonly studied legal context.
What is an eyewitness testimony?
This famous case showed severe episodic memory loss but preserved procedural learning.
Who is H. M.?
Procedural memory is a type of this broader memory system that does not require conscious awareness.
What is implicit (or nondeclarative) memory?
This term describes organizing information into meaningful units to improve encoding.
What is chunking?
When new information disrupts recall of old information, it is called this.
What is retroactive interference?
This misinformation effect shows how post-event information can alter memory.
What is the misinformation effect?
Implicit memory is sometimes referred to by this other term.
WHat is nondeclarative memory?