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Memory
Effects
Retrieval
7 Sins
Potpourri
100
This is often called our "working memory"
What is short term memory
100
This effect allows us to retain information better when rehearsal is distributed over time
What is the Spacing Effect
100
Our jeopardy game involves this process
What is Recall
100
Storage decay over time
What is Transience (forget a high school classmate 20 years later)
100
2 ways our brain organizes information for encoding
What is chunking and hierarchy (examples?)
200
This type of memory is a fleeting photographic memory where new images are superimposed on top of old memories in a matter of 1/10 of a second
What is Iconic memory
200
This effect improves memory with repeated quizzing of previously studied material
What is the Testing Effect
200
Looking through a yearbook to remember a classmate is this process of memory retrieval
What is recognition
200
Tip of your tongue phenomena
What is blocking
200
This type of encoding indicates that we will be more likely to remember when we are able to find meaning in the example
What are Semantic Encodings
300
This memory lasts about 3-4 seconds and is very useful when a teacher calls on you
What is Echoic Memory
300
This effect indicates that people tend to remember the last and first items in a list better than the ones in the middle
What is the Serial Position Effect
300
Taking far less time on our midterm to learn the different processes of memory than you did when we covered the unit
What is relearning
300
Belief colored recollections
What is bias
300
Who was Eppinghaus and why was he important?
What is illustrated the importance of rehearsal and distributed practice in retention and recall of memories
400
This type of memory involves unconscious recall and classical conditioning? Bonus - what part of the brain?
What is Implicit Memories - Cerebellum
400
This effect allows us to look back on something as more positive than it was in actuality
What is Rosy Retrospection
400
These are known as "anchor points" that target specific information for memory retrieval
What are Retrieval Cues
400
False memories, leading questions
What is suggestibility
400
Explain repression and why it is controversial
What is failure to recall traumatic events 1) emerging memories are not always accurate but may be used in a court of law 2) emerging memories are vulnerable to suggestion or bias 3) some argue we forgot them for a reason - let them stay where they are
500
This part of the brain serves a loading dock to sort and file memories for later
What is the hippocampus
500
This effect is described as our brain's "built-in photoshop". We mold things to fit what makes sense to us based on what's presented.
What is Misinformation
500
This concept is often called "memoryless memory"... an example would be hare/hair
What is Priming
500
Unwanted memories that play like a movie, over and over
What is persistence
500
Improving memory includes the following key facts:
What is 1) study repeatedly and over time 2) make material meaningful to you 3) activate retrieval cues 4) use mnemonic devices 5) minimize interference 6) sleep more 7) test your knowledge!