Encoding
General knowledge of the world is part of what memory encoding?
Semantic encoding
The two main subcategories of long term memory.
Explicit and Implicit
A condition where the patient cannot form new memories/recall past memories
Amnesia
forgetting a LONG TERM memory is called
what is retrieval failure
recalling certain sounds of speech in short term memory
phonemic memory
Name a method we can use to remember information.
Rehearsal, mnemonics, chunking, spacing, peg word, etc.
Visual information which is stored for a short time period.
What is iconic memory
one’s influence involving environmental factors while forming a memory
What are context effects
An example of this is thinking you’ve studied enough for a test but while taking it, you don’t remember any of the information
Overconfidence
smallest unit of language which carries general knowledge
morphemes
Where is information channelled in the brain
hippocampus
Memories that are very strong and often tied to senses or emotion from a specific time
What are flashbulb memories
Remembering more information when returning to the state in which the memory was formed is called
What is state dependent memory
removing or temporarily forgetting the conscious memory of a traumatic event is called
repressed memory/repression
study of meaning and it’s place within the mind
semantics
The tendency to remember something better when it is first in a list than the middle
What is primacy effect
Memories tied to auditory information
What is echoic memory
What is the curve of forgetting
The negative exponential curve of how fast we forget information
the direct memory of a specific event can be altered after the event passes
misinformation effect
the environment causes a certain behavior and consequences determine repetition
Skinner’s operant learning theory
Explain the difference between effortful processing and automatic processing.
Effortful processing typically requires a method to remember detailed information while automatic is something that occurs or is retrieved subconsciously.
The strengthening of synaptic connections between neurons
What is long term potentiation
While at a party, Mia feels happy and remembers a time at her friends house where she was happy. This is an example of what kind of memory
mood congruent memory
a test used to interpret one’s memory of an event or incident based on physical responses and sometimes even fear
polygraph test
theory that languages limit the human mind and create differences among mankind
linguistic determinism