Types of memory
Remembering
Forgetting
Forgetting 2
Thinking about thinking
100
a memory that you are actually aware of making
What is Explicit/Declarative memory
100
if you study while you are angry, this type of memory states that you need to be angry when trying to recall the information
What is mood congruence
100
learning a second language interferes with the recall of some of the first language
What is retroactive interference?
100
new information causes you to mis-remember old information
What is misinformation effect?
100
the term that actually refers to thinking about thinking
What is metacognition?
200
driving your car is an example of this type of memory
What is procedural memory?
200
if you smoke cigarettes every time you study, you should also smoke while taking a test
What is state dependent memory?
200
tip of the tongue phenomenon is another way to describe this type of forgetting
What is retrieval failure?
200
after time, we confuse reliable information with unreliable information
What is sleeper effect?
200
a "blueprint" of what you think something should look like
What is schema?
300
you are able to describe what happened on your 15th birthday
What is episodic memory?
300
you recall math best in the math department and science best in the science department
What is context dependent memory?
300
this is when you always think of the English word for bank when you try to recall the Spanish word for bank
What is proactive interference?
300
this is usually the effect you get when you "cram" or used massed practice
What is information overload?
300
concepts created from rules or definition
What is artificial concepts?
400
you are not aware that you are recalling a memory
What is implicit memory?
400
an essay test is an example of this
What is recall?
400
This type of forgetting is due to not putting attention to something
What is encoding failure?
400
when you cannot quite remember where you got your information from
What is source amnesia?
400
how we organize ideas and how they are interrelated
What is a hierarchy?
500
this memory contains facts and general knowledge
What is semantic memory?
500
a multiple choice test is an example of this
What is recognition?
500
this concept states that you will material better the second, third, fourth, etc. times you learning it
What is relearning?
500
when you unconsciously keep traumatic events from being remembered
What is repression?
500
these are best examples of things
What is prototype/natural concept?
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