Memory (6b) Flashcards
Memory Retrieval
- mentally search brain for stored information
- if it is located then it is brought back into working memory
Retrieval cues
Words, sighns, or other stimuli that remind us of the information we need to retrieve from our memory
Context effects
We can remember things better where we first learned them
Encoding specificity principle
The original context (location or situation) mood, or state, in which we learn material is looted with retrieval cues, which leads to memories of the original event
Priming
One peice of information helps us retrieve related memories
State dependant memory
You remember things better when you are in the same stare of mind you were in when you first learned it
Flashbulb memories
Detailed and near permanent memories of an emotionally significant event, or of the circumstances surrounding the moment we learned about the event
Forgetting
The inability to recall information hat was previously encoded into memory
May be due to failure of attention or lack of retrieval skills
Decay theory
Memory traces fade over time if they are not used
forgetting curve
We forget a great deal very rapidly, but the forgetting levels wear off and the amoung of information we retain stabilizes
Practice interference
Completing information that is learned before the forgotten material, preventing its subsequent recall
Retroactive interfence
Learning of new information disrupts access to previously recalled information
- calling new gf ex gfs name
Motivated forgetting
We may forget information that is unpleasant, embarrassing or painful
Repression
Process in which we unconsciously prevent some traumatic events form entering our awareness so that we do not have to experience the anxiety or blows to our self concept that the memories would bring
Source misatributions
Remembering information, but not this source may lead to remembering information from unreliable sources as true
