Processes
What is a memory?
The part of the limbic system that has most influence on memories.
What is the hippocampus?
This type of memory has a limited time frame in which memory can be recalled.
What is short-term memory?
Trying to learn ideas on a superficial level.
What is shallow processing?
Type of memory that is not forgotten, but remembered in a false way.
What is an unreliable memory?
The direct retrieval of facts or information.
What is recall?
This part of the limbic system pairs memories with emotions.
What is the amygdala?
This type of memory can hold an unlimited amount of information for an unlimited amount of time.
What is long-term memory?
Describes any stimulus associated with a memory.
What are memory cues?
Occurs when a memory was never formed in the first place.
What is encoding failure?
The correct identification of previously learned material.
What is recognition?
This part of the brain is responsible for procedural memories.
What is the cerebellum?
This type of memory is how we recall something from our past into stories.
What is episodic memory?
This describes a process where new information alters the way previous information is held.
What is misinformation effect?
A false memory that a person believes to be true.
What is a pseudo-memory?
The feeling that a memory is available but not quite retrievable.
What is Tip of the Tongue (TOT) State?
This part of the brain stores long-term memories across other parts of the brain.
What is the cerebral cortex?
This type of memory is how we remember to do something.
Occurs when we voluntarily focus on a portion of sensory input and ignore others.
What is selective (focused) attention?
The inability to remember the source of a memory while retaining its substance.
What is source amnesia?
A 3 step process and the currently accepted model of memory.
What is the multi-store memory.
Type of brain injury where a person cannot recall events before the injury.
(Not in the hippocampus)
What is retrograde amnesia?
Memories that we retain without conscious effort.
What are implicit memories?
A conscious process of deliberately trying to forget something that causes distress.
Vivid and detailed memories people create during times of tragedy or accidents.
What are flashbulb memories?