Memory Triggers
What do we call stimuli that trigger the recall of stored information?
What are retrieval cues?
What is the unconscious activation of certain associations called?
What is priming?
What do we call the tendency to recall memories that match our current emotional state?
What is mood-congruent memory?
Remembering something better when you're in the same place you learned it is called what?
What is context-dependent memory?
What retrieval strategy involves mixing the study of different topics?
What is interleaving?
Which three senses are especially strong retrieval cues?
What are taste, smell, and sight?
Who described priming as the “wakening of associations”?
Who is William James?
Remembering negative memories when you’re already upset is an example of what?
Mood-congruent memory.
Information learned in one physical or emotional condition is best recalled in that same condition. This is what?
What is state-dependent memory?
Interleaving boosts ___ by allowing extra retrieval practice.
Long-term learning or retention.
What principle states that cues specific to a memory help us recall it better?
What is the encoding specificity principle?
Seeing or hearing the word “rabbit” increasing the likelihood you spell “hare” as h-a-r-e is an example of what?
What is priming?
What is the tendency to best remember the first and last items in a list called?
What is the serial position effect?
Actors remembering lines better onstage than in a classroom is an example of what?
What is context-dependent memory?
A student who connects an AP Psych concept to something learned in another class is using what strategy?
Interleaving.
The smell of cookies reminding you of your grandma is an example of what concept?
What is a retrieval cue?
Priming influences our perception, memory, and responses without what?
What is conscious awareness?
The tendency to recall the first items in a sequence best is called the ___ effect.
What is the primacy effect?
Adults who hide money while drunk and only remember its location when drunk again demonstrate what?
What is state-dependent memory?
Why is interleaving more effective than studying one topic over and over (blocking)?
Because mixing topics strengthens retrieval pathways and improves long-term retention.
Why does a familiar scent easily bring back childhood memories?
Because specific cues match the conditions in which the memory was encoded (encoding specificity)
According to William James, what does priming automatically activate?
Related concepts in memory.
The tendency to recall the final items in a sequence best is called the ___ effect.
What is the recency effect?
Retracing your steps to find lost keys uses which memory principle?
What is context-dependent memory?
A student studies vocabulary, then math, then Psych AAQ's in one session instead of studying each subject in blocks. Why will this student likely remember the material better on a later test?
Because interleaving strengthens retrieval pathways by switching between topics, leading to deeper, more durable learning.