three stages of memory
some information is out fleeting______ is encoded in short term memory
sensory memory
define implicit memories
implicit memories are retention of learned skills, that are classically associated and automatically processed
the testing effect refers to the enhanced memory resulting from
retrieving information from our memories
describe mood congruent memories
recall memories when you are in a certain mood
define storage decay
lose information overtime
if your encoding a memory from your short term, where does it go?
long term memory
motor skills are under what category of memory
implicit memories
which measure of memory is used on a test that requires matching glossary terms with their correct definition?
recognition
the recall of sad experiences is often primed by the feeling of sadness. this most clearly illustrates
mood congruent memories
memory of your familiar old email password may block the recall of your new password. this illustrates
retroactive interference
draw the three stages of memory. the basic model
sensory-------> short term-------> long term
damage to your friends brain, caused him to not remember conversation what part of the memory is that
explicit
words, images and other bits of information used to access a stored memory are called
retrieval cues
example of priming
hear rabbit, can lead to people spelling hair as hare
when reporting false memories what effect is that representing
the misinformation effect
conscious active processing of incoming auditory and visual spatial information requires _______ memory
working
what part of the brain is the explicit memories in
hippocampus and frontal lobes
long term potentiation is believed to be
a neural basis for learning and memory
define relearning
relearning, is study or rereading material
a loss of an encoded memory as a result of a gradual fading of the physical memory trace best illustrates
storage decay
your activated but limited capacity memory is called
short term memory/working memory
the distinction between automatic and effortful processing most clearly highlights the nature of
the two track memory/mind
when experimental participants viewed three rows of three letters each for only one twentieth of a second, they
had a momentary sensory memory of all nine letters
stress hormones provoke the ____ to boost activity in the brains memory forming areas
amygdala
an inability to access information in a long term memory is known as
retrieval failure