Johnny is traumatized during his exam as he vividly remembers his mother shouting at him for failing his last exam. He remembers exactly every detail of the event. what does this depict?
What is flashbulb memories
100
Sam read and remembered chapter 2 of his psychology book, but he cannot remember the material from chapter 1. Why can he not remember?
What is Retroactive Interference
100
One of most effective ways to facilitate remembering is using...
What is retrieval cues
100
I am the computer system in your mind
What is Information-Processing System
200
A method of activating implicit memories, in which a recently presented bit of information facilitates responses in a subsequent situation
What is Priming
200
When one tries to forget a most tragic event.
What is Motivated Forgetting
200
A rule stating that retrieving information is most likely to occur when conditions match conditions present during the original learning
What is Encoding specificity principle
200
Large amount of network of interconnected neurons, or processing unites, distributed throughout the brain simultaneously work on different memory tasks
What is parallel distributed processing model
300
The memory which is consciously recollected
What is Explicit Memory
300
Consciously trying to forget
What is Suppression
300
Feeling a sense of familiarity in a situation although never having encountered it before
What is "Déjà vu illusion"
300
A theory that describes concepts in long-term memory as being organized in a complex network of associations
What is semantic network model
400
Memory for factual information with a known origin
What is Episodic Memory
400
Jane calls her boyfriend by her previous boyfriend's name. What prevented Jane from learning her new boyfriend's name?
What is Proactive Interference
400
John draws the Mona Lisa and calls it his original work although this is not. What is he going through?
What is Cryptomnesia
400
The tendency for retrieval from memory to be better when our state of mind during retrieval matches our state during encoding
What is State-dependent Memory
500
Knowing something but not knowing its origin, rather it is general knowledge
What is Semantic Memory
500
The long-lasting strengthening of synaptic strengthening of synaptic transmission along a specific neural circuit, which is believed to be the neural basis for long-term memory
What is Long-Term Potentiation
500
Beth wishes she can remember the Disneyland trip her family and she went on when she was 2 years old. What prevents her from remembering.
What is Infantile Amnesia
500
Distortions and alterations in a witness' memory due to receiving misleading information during questioning