Types of Long-Term Memory
This type of memory stores general knowledge and facts.
What is semantic memory?
This term refers to converting information into a form that can be stored in memory.
What is encoding?
This phenomenon occurs when a person forgets the source of their information.
What is source monitoring error?
This brain structure plays a major role in forming new explicit memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This strategy involves connecting new information to existing knowledge for better recall.
What is elaborative rehearsal?
This memory type is associated with personal experiences and events.
What is episodic memory?
When old information interferes with learning new information, this is called ___.
What is proactive interference?
The inability to remember past events after a brain injury is called ___.
What is retrograde amnesia?
Damage to this part of the brain disrupts procedural memory.
What is the basal ganglia?
This psychological technique improves eyewitness testimony accuracy.
What is the cognitive interview?
The process of learning skills such as riding a bike falls under this type of memory.
What is procedural memory?
The spacing effect suggests that information is better remembered when learned in ___.
What are distributed practice sessions?
The misinformation effect occurs when ___.
What is exposure to misleading information after an event?
The amygdala is crucial for processing this type of emotionally charged memory.
What is fear memory?
The ability to recall more details about an event when in the same emotional state as when it happened is called ___.
What is state-dependent memory?
Long-term memory is divided into explicit and implicit memory. Which type is unconscious and automatic?
What is implicit memory?
When someone remembers the first and last items in a list better, this is called ___.
What is the serial position effect?
This type of amnesia makes it difficult to form new memories after brain damage.
What is anterograde amnesia?
Long-term potentiation (LTP) strengthens memory by ___.
What is increasing synaptic connections between neurons?
This real-world phenomenon explains why people incorrectly believe they remember an event that never happened.
What is false memory syndrome?
This phenomenon occurs when you remember information better because it is meaningful to you.
What is the self-reference effect?
This retrieval failure occurs when you feel like you know a word but can’t recall it.
What is the tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon?
The ability to remember events better when in the same environment where learning occurred is called ___.
What is context-dependent memory?
Damage to this brain structure is linked to Korsakoff’s Syndrome, a condition associated with severe memory loss.
What is the thalamus?
A flashbulb memory is ___.
What is a vivid, detailed memory of an emotionally significant event?