Miscellaneous Memory
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.
Who is Hermann Ebbinghaus? (+100 for first+last)
Riding your bike would be an example of this type of memory.
What is Implicit Memory?
Charlie 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. Charlie 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.
James 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)
This famous person is credited with the creation of the Forgetting Curve, which shows a rapid drop in retention shortly after learning information, followed by a leveling off.
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?
When Mrs. Daly was younger, she was brutally mauled by a stray goose at a cemetery. While everyone in his family remembers the event vividly, Mrs. Daly can't seem to recall it at all. This is may be because of this controversial idea discovered by Mr. Freud.
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 traumatic accident involving a semi-truck collision, and can't seem to remember any details about the day. This is likely related to this famous person's research on motivated forgetting.
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 attempt at further learning to make sure the information is stored in long term and becomes more automatic 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, Betty 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?