Memory and Improvement
Retrieving information that was learned at a previous time
What is recall?
Activated memory that holds a few items briefly
What is short-term memory?
retention of facts and experiences that one can consciously know (also called declarative memory)
what is explicit memory
The activation , often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory
What is priming
Identifying items that were previously learned
What is recognition?
A new concept of short-term memory that includes active processing of incoming information and of information retrieved from long-term memory
what is working memory
The retention of learned skills or classically conditioned associations independent of conscious recollection
What is implicit memory
The principle that our context-dependent memories are affected by detailed cues
what is the encoding specificity principle
Loss of memory for events immediately following a trauma.
What is anterograde amnesia
A memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time.
What is relearning?
Fast decaying storage of visual sensory memory and information
What is iconic memory?
Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
what is effortful processing
The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current or bad mood
What is mood-congruent memory
Loss of memory for events immediately preceding a trauma.
What is retrograde amnesia?
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units-- which often occurs automatically
What is chunking
Fast decaying storage of auditory sensory memory and information
What is echoic memory?
The area of the brain that processes and stores effortful processing and explicit memories (semantic and episodic)
What are the hippocampus and frontal lobes?
The tendency to recall best the last (recency effect) and the first (primacy effect) items in a list
What is the serial position effect
The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.
What is proactive interference?
Your memory palace was an example of this
what are mnemonics
I will use this to recall my fave moments in AP Psych-- (the other type of explicit, conscious memory is semantic)
what is episodic memory
The area of the brain where automatic processing occurs and where implicit memories take place
What are the cerebellum (and basal ganglia)?
A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.
What is a flashbulb memory
When new learning disrupts the recall of previously learned information.
What is retroactive interference?