the phenomena that occurs when we remember things at the beginning and end of a list more efficiently
What is primacy-recency effect?
100
memory retrieval in which a person identifies an object, idea, or situation as one he or she has or has not already experienced
What is recognition?
100
in eyewitness testimony, a person's memory of an event can be distorted by the process of what?
What is remembering it?
100
loss of memory that may occur after a head injury or brain damage
What is amnesia?
200
very brief memory storage immediately following initial stimulation of a receptor
What is sensory memory?
200
knowledge of a language, including its rules, words, and meanings
What is semantic memory?
200
memory retrieval in which a person reconstructs previously learned material
What is recall?
200
involves decay, interference, or repression
What is foregetting?
200
the linking together of new information to material that is already known
What is elaborative rehearsal?
300
memory limited in capacity to about seven items and in duration by the subject's active rehearsal
What is short-term memory?
300
memory of one's life, including time of occurrence
What is episodic memory?
300
the act of making things up to fill in the memory gaps
What is conflabulation?
300
fading away of memories over time
What is decay?
300
learn new material a little at a time
What is distributed practice?
400
a system for remembering that involves repeating information to oneself without attempting to find meaning in it
What is maintenance rehearsal?
400
memory of knowledge that can be called forth consciously as needed
What is declarative memory?
400
conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world
What is schemas?
400
blockage of a memory by the previous or subsequent memories
What is interference?
400
use rehearsal techniques, try to stay in the same room where you will be taking the test, do just a little at a time, and spread out similar topics to avoid confusion
What is study tips and techniques?
500
the process of grouping items to make them easier to remember
What is chunking?
500
memory of learned skills that does not require conscious recollection
What is procedural memory?
500
the ability to remember with great accuracy visual information based on short-term exposure
What is eidetic memory?
500
the ability to remember vivid details surrounding a key event
What is flashbulb memories?
500
techniques for using association to memorize and retrieve information