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The Phenomenon of Memory
Encoding
Storage and Retrieval
Forgetting
Random
100

Any indication that learning or events have persisted over time in our brain.

What is memory

100
The processing of information into the memory system
What is encoding
100
Two types of sensory memory
What is iconic and echoic
100

In psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.  Effects the retrieval process.

What is repression

100
Incorporating miseading information into one's memory of an event
What is misinformation effect
200

This memory system can only hold 7ish pieces of information for less than 30 seconds.

What is short-term memory

200
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically
What is chunking
200
Retention independent of conscious recollection, also called procedural memory
What is implicit memory
200

A naturally occurring process in which one will quickly forget information learned but will level out.  The leveled out retained information will stay with that person for an extended period of time.

What is forgetting curving

200
Attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined. Also called source misattribution.
What is source amnesia
300
The immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system
What is sensory memory
300
Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
What is effortful processing
300

Debbie has severe depression that severely impacts her cognitive ability.  As she is recovering from her depression, she finds she is struggle to recall events from her depressive past.  Which theory would argue she needs to become depressed again to recall those memories?

What is state-dependent memory

300

Billy experiences a traumatic brain injury at the age of 16 that impacts his encoding of new memories.  When he is in his 40s, he wakes up each morning and screams in fear when he sees himself in the mirror. What type of memory forgetting is Billy suffering from?

What is Anterograde Amnesia

300

A proven effective way of retaining information that would include an activity such as flashcards, Kahoot, or even Quizizzs

What is the testing effect

400
A newer understanding of short term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual- spatial information, and of information retrieved from long- term memory
What is working memory
400

The three levels of processing

What is visual, acoustic, and semantic (Shallow, Intermediate, Deep)

400
The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood
What is mood- congruent memory
400

The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information

What is proactive interference

400

A very rare condition in which individuals are unable to forget events, dates, or memories of their specific past.

What is autobiographical memory/highly superior autobiographical memory

500

Part of the working memory model that is directed by the central executive to process and store verbal and auditory information

What is phonological loop

500
Tendency to retain information more easily if we practice it repeatedly over time than if we practice it in one long session
What is spacing effect
500

The theory arguing we will retrieve the beginning and ending information from a list.

The serial position effect

500

The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information

What is retroactive interference

500

To help her remember more digits of Pi, Ellory creates a visual story in which she imagines getting out of her car and walking into her house.  Along the way, she connects the order of numbers in PI to different objects on her walk.

What is the method of loci