Memorization
The process of taking raw information from your environment, and inputting that information into your memory.
What is encoding?
The act of repeating a piece of information in an attempt to memorize it.
This famous psychologist concluded that rehearsal improves memorization.
Riding your bike would be an example of this type of memory.
What is Implicit Memory?
David got his new locker on the first day of school, but is struggling to remember the new locker combination, and instead keeps entering his combo from last year. David is likely suffering from this.
What is proactive interference?
This part of your memory can hold between 5 and 9 pieces of information at once. (± 7 Rule)
What is short term/working memory?
What is the peg-word system?
This famous psychologist's results complicate child custody disputes for young children.
Who is Elizabeth Loftus? (+100 for first+last)
Answering a multiple choice question on a test would use this method of retrieval.
Jackson learned a little spanish in the 7th grade and forgot most of it by his Senior year, but he never forgot the word Albondigas. A memory that is extremely resistant to forgetting like this word is an example of this type of memory.
What is a permastore memory?
The act of retaining information for an extended period of time.
What is Storage?
A trick or device used to better memorize information.
What is a mnemonic device? (+100 for spelling)
Who is Hermann Ebbinghaus?
Last weekend, James got drunk on wine with his parents and watched a funny movie. He couldn't remember the name until the following weekend when he got drunk again. This is an example of this type of memory.
What is state-dependent memory?
What is repression?
The process of bringing information out of Storage for use.
Associating new information with a physical location, real or imaginary.
Connor was in a tragic golfcart accident last summer, and can't seem to remember any details about the day. This is likely a related to this famous person's research.
Who is Sigmund Freud? (+100 for first+last)
A Vietnam war veteran reliving traumatic experiences is an example of this type of memory.
What is flashbulb memory?
Austin completely memorized all of the vocab for the next Psych test, but is still spending 4 hours per night reviewing the content. This unecessary attempt at further learning is called this.
What is overlearning?
A type of encoding that attaches meaning to peices of information.
What is semantic encoding?
Remembering 9/11 via the visual of the towers on fire is an example of this encoding method.
What is Imagery?
When conducting an interview, it is important to ensure the wording of the questions has little impact on the participants' answers, lest this effect discovered by Elizabeth Loftus skew your results.
What is the misinformation effect?
Henry decided to do all of his studying at home instead of in the classroom, but when he took the test in Mrs. Daly's room, he couldn't remember a thing that he had learned. Henry forgetting the topic is likely a result of this effect.
What is the context effect?
After living in her new house for several years, Ava has gotten so used to her new home address that she can no longer seem to remember the address of her old home. This is happening because of this type of interference.
What is retroactive interference?