Law and order
This way of organising memory groups things together based on similarity.
What is the Law of Similarity
The first stage of memory
What is Sensory Memory
The lobe of the brain associated with sight
What is the Occipital Lobe
The opposite to positive emotions and is associated with more detailed processing
What are Negative Emotions
This law organises and groups based on how close things appear to be to each other.
What is the Law of Proximity
The sense that is most associated with memory.
What is Smell
The lobe of the brain associated with touch
What is the Parietal Lobe
This term refers to the feelings and moods experienced by an individual in their state of mind
What is emotional state
The law that memorises things that are positioned in a straight or curving line.
What is the Law of Continuity
This type of memory is easier to recall when you are in the same environment as the memory
What is Context-Dependent Memory
The lobe of the brain associated with Hearing
What is the Temporal Lobe
These 2 parts of the brain play key roles in emotion and memory and link the 2 together.
What is the amygdala and the hippocampus
According to this law, our brains fill in the gaps of images to create a complete image in our memory
What is the Law of Closure
This effect is the sudden and vivid resurfacing of childhood memories triggered by a sensory cue
What is the Proustian Effect
The lobe of the brain associated with Taste
What is the Frontal Lobe
This effect is where intensity of negative emotional memories fades faster over time than positive ones
What is fading affect bias
This law states that it is easier to memorise based on the similar regions that objects occupy
What is the Law of Common Region
First coined in 1977, This type of vivid memory is triggered by an intensely emotionally significant event
What is a Flashbulb Memory
The 2 lobes of the brain associated with smell
What is the Temporal and Frontal Lobe
This effect is where your current emotional state brings bias to your memory recall
What is the mood congruence effect