Memory Errors & Strategies
This memory error occurs when we confuse the source of information.
What is misattribution?
This level of Maslow’s hierarchy involves respect and recognition.
What are esteem needs?
This type of stress is long-term and ongoing.
Chronic stress
Playing trivia games like Jeopardy uses this type of memory.
What is semantic memory?
This lifestyle factor reduces stress and improves health.
What is regular physical exercise?
This error occurs when false suggestions alter memory.
What is suggestibility?
This theory suggests expectations influence motivation.
What is expectancy theory?
This stage of general adaptation syndrome involves depletion of resources.
What is the exhaustion stage?
Remembering information better in the same classroom is this principle.
What is context-dependent memory?
This factor is the strongest predictor of happiness across lifespan.
Social support
This strategy uses acronyms or rhymes to aid recall.
What is a mnemonic device?
This theory suggests motivation comes from autonomy, competence, and relatedness.
What is self-determination theory?
This personality type is relaxed and less competitive.
What is Type B personality?
Forgetting new information after a car accident is this amnesia.
What is anterograde amnesia?
Coping strategy involving reinterpreting stress positively.
What is cognitive reappraisal?
This strategy involves linking new information to existing knowledge.
What is elaborative rehearsal?
This theory suggests we are motivated by external rewards.
What is incentive theory?
This hormone is released during stress.
What is cortisol?
Knowing how to ride a bike uses this type of memory.
What is procedural memory?
This coping strategy involves denial or avoidance.
What is defensive/avoidant coping?
This principle states that recall is best when physiological state matches learning state.
What is state-dependent memory?
The concept of expanding your sense of self beyond your personal boundaries to feel a connection to something larger, such as nature, humanity, or the cosmos.
Self-transcendence
This is the most severe consequence of long-term, chronic stress.
What is death?
This is the process of converting information into a usable form for storage.
Encoding
This strategy for coping with stress uses sensors to monitor your body's physiological signals, like heart rate and muscle tension, and provides feedback through visual, auditory, or haptic cues to help you learn to consciously control these responses and reduce stress.
What is biofeedback?