Memory Types
What is semantic memory?
Q: Memory for facts and general knowledge.
What is the self-reference effect?
Memory benefits when information is related to oneself.
What is decay theory?
Forgetting due to the passage of time.
What is the misinformation effect?
Memory altered after exposure to misleading post-event information.
What is a flashbulb memory?
A vivid memory for a surprising, emotionally significant event.
What is episodic memory?
Memory for personally experienced events.
What is encoding specificity?
Remembering something better in the same context it was learned.
What is anterograde amnesia?
Inability to form new long-term memories after brain damage.
What is consistency bias?
Recalling past events as consistent with current beliefs.
What is the fading affect bias?
Memory for unpleasant events fades less than memory for pleasant events.
What is procedural memory?
Memory for skills and actions, like riding a bike.
What is levels-of-processing?
Focusing on meaning rather than surface features improves memory.
What is retrograde amnesia?
Inability to recall memories from before a brain injury.
What is a source monitoring error?
Believing an event is familiar but misremembering its source.
What is the Yerkes-Dodson effect on memory?
Memory benefit from a small amount of emotional arousal.