Memory Basics
What is the first step of memory where information is taken in?
Encoding
This type of memory is knowing hot to do something automatically
Procedural memory
Forgetting due to new information replacing old is called?
Interference
This is incorrect information spread without intent
Misinformation
Remembering the first items best is called
Primacy effect
This is the process of getting information out of memory
Retrieval
This type of memory involves facts and Knowledge
Semantic memory
When you remember something incorrectly, this is called?
Memory error
This is intentionally false information
Disinformation
Remembering the last items best is called
Recency effect
This is repeating information to keep it in memory
Rehearsal
This type of memory is about personal experiences
Autobiographical memory
This occurs when other knowledge mixes into a memory
Intrusion error
This effect occurs when misinformation changes memory
Misinformation effect
Why do primacy effocts occur
More Rehearsal
What are the two types of retrieval?
Recognition and recall
These memories feel vivid but are not always accurate
Flashbulb memory
This occurs when people remember things that never happened
False memory
Source confusion
Why do recency effects occur
items still in working memory
This is the type of retrieval used in this game
Recall
This type of memory comes from specific events
Episodic memory
This theory says memories fade over time
Decay Theory
When something feels true because its familiar
What can eliminate the recency effect
Delay