A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier
What is recall?
100
a neural center where processing of explicit memories for storage occurs; this area is also part of the limbic system
What is the hippocampus?
100
the inability to form new memories, while still maintaining older memories
What is anterograde amnesia?
100
the longstanding investigation of the relationship between our biology and our environments; the impacts of biology and environment interacting to form traits and behaviors
What is the nature-nurture debate?
100
A method of research that is both self-correcting and limitless; it consists of theory, hypothesis, data collection and analysis, and revision of initial theory
What is the scientific method?
200
the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously
What is parallel processing?
200
the leading candidate to be the neural basis for learning and memory; this is an increase in a cell's firing potential
What is long-term potentiation (LTP)?
200
three types of retrieval failures
What are motivated forgetting, proactive interference, and retroactive interference?
200
the seven current psychological perspectives
What are neuroscience, evolutionary, behavior genetics, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and social-cultural?
200
a sample that fairly represents a population because each member has an equal chance of inclusion
What is a random sample?
300
encoding semantically, based on the meaning of the word, thus yielding the best retention
What is deep processing?
300
the part of the brain associated with emotions, and is particularly involved in emotional memories
What is the amygdala?
300
7 ways to improve memory
What are repeated rehearsal, meaningful material, sleep, testing, mnemonics, retrieval cues, and minimizing interference?
300
This type of psychology focuses on observable actions. Bonus: Who is this attributed to?
John B. Watson, Behaviorism.
300
The act of giving potential participants enough information about a study to enable them to choose whether they wish to participate
What is informed consent?
400
the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study
What is the spacing effect?
400
the two brain areas involved in implicit memory
What are the cerebellum and basal ganglia?
400
the process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again
What is reconsolidation?
400
an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis.
What is the bio-psycho-social approach?
400
the three main research methods
What are descriptive, correlational, and experimental research designs?
500
A newer understanding of short-term memory that includes conscious, active processing of incoming sensory information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory
What is working memory?
500
the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current mood
What is mood congruency?
500
forgetting something we had previously learned, typically in the shape of Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve
What is storage decay?
500
Which psychologist first used a laboratory setting?
Wilhelm Wundt
500
a descriptive technique of observing and recording behavior in naturally occurring situations without trying to manipulate and/or control the situation