6.06 Retrieving memories

Question 1

a stimulus for remembering a certain piece of information

Answer 1

retrieval cue

Question 2

the connection between our surroundings and the information we remember

Answer 2

encoding specificity

Question 3

encoding specificity that depends on the physical surroundings of a person when she learns specific information

Answer 3

context-dependent specificity

Question 4

encoding specificity that depends on the psychological or physiological state of a learner when she learns specific information

Answer 4

state-dependent specificity

Question 5

occurs when a person can remember information about a word, but not the word itself

Answer 5

tip of the tongue phenomenon

Question 6

we tend to remember items at the start and end of a list better than items in the middle

Answer 6

serial position effect

Question 7

since our STM wasn’t already full, we remember items at the beginning of a list more easily

Answer 7

primacy effect

Question 8

since we just heard these items, we remember the items at the end of a list easily

Answer 8

recency effect

Question 9

the ability to match a piece of information or a stimulus to a stored image or fact

Answer 9

recognition

Question 10

when a person thinks she has seen something before, but really has not

Answer 10

false positive

Question 11

occurs when memories move from the STM to the LTM with little or no effort

Answer 11

automatic encoding

Question 12

strong memories often associated with major world events or very significant personal events

Answer 12

flashbulb memories