Ch 8

Question 1

encoding of details like time space frequency and meaning of wrds

Answer 1

automatic processing

Question 2

encoding of details that take time and effort

Answer 2

efferent level processing

Question 3

encoding of words nd their meanings

Answer 3

semantic encoding

Question 4

encoding of images

Answer 4

visual encoding

Question 5

encoding of sounds

Answer 5

acoustic encoding

Question 6

tendency for individual to have better memory for info that relates to ones self

Answer 6

self reference effect

Question 7

Buddy Hitch short term memory forms

Answer 7

visual spacial sketchpad, episodic biffer, phonological loop

Question 8

info passes thru 3 distinct stages in order for it to be stored in long term memory

Answer 8

AS model of memory

Question 9

As model of memory steps

Answer 9

sensory input -> sensory memory -> short term memory -> long term mem

Question 10

storage of brief sensory events (sights sounds tastes0

Answer 10

SENSORY MEMORY

Question 11

say color of written word, not reading word

Answer 11

stroop effect

Question 12

capacity of short term mem

Answer 12

7 items plus minus 2

Question 13

transfer of stim to long term mem

Answer 13

memory consolidation

Question 14

conscious repetition of info to be remembered

Answer 14

rehearsal

Question 15

continuous storage of info

Answer 15

long term memory

Question 16

2 comp of long term mem

Answer 16

explicit and implicit

Question 17

memories of facts and events we can consciously remember and recall/declare

Answer 17

explicit memory

Question 18

2 types of explicit memory

Answer 18

semantic and episodic

Question 19

knowlege about words, concepts, lang

Answer 19

semantic

Question 20

info about events we personally experience

Answer 20

episodic

Question 21

not part of our consciousness

Answer 21

implicit memory

Question 22

false memory

Answer 22

DRM effect

Question 23

stores info about how to do things

Answer 23

procedural memory

Question 24

being able to access info without cues

Answer 24

recall

Question 25

being able to ID info that I've previously learned after encountering it again

Answer 25

recognition

Question 26

learning info that I prev learned

Answer 26

relearning

Question 27

involved in fear and fear memories,

Answer 27

amygdala

Question 28

processies emotional info important in encoding memories at a deeper level and mem consolidation

Answer 28

amygdala

Question 29

associated with explicit memory, recognizing memory, and spatial memory

Answer 29

hippocampus

Question 30

hippocampus projects info where

Answer 30

cortical region s

Question 31

damage to what leads to inability to process new declarative memories

Answer 31

hippocampus

Question 32

plays role in processing procedural memories such as playing piano

Answer 32

cerebellum

Question 33

damage to what prevents classical conditioning

Answer 33

cerebellum

Question 34

involved in remembering semantic tasks

Answer 34

prefrontal cortex

Question 35

retrieval of info associated with what

Answer 35

right frontal region

Question 36

neurotransmitters involved in memory

Answer 36

epinephrine, dopamine, serotonin, glutamate, acetylcholine

Question 37

strong emotions trigger formation of strong memories and weaker emotional experiences form weaker mems

Answer 37

arousal theory

Question 38

record of an atypical and unusual event that has very strong emotional association

Answer 38

flash bulb memory

Question 39

large men errors, in which events are recalled that never took place

Answer 39

false memory

Question 40

loss of long term memory that occurs as the result of disease, physical trauma, or psychological trauma

Answer 40

amnesia

Question 41

inability to remember new info after pt of trauma

Answer 41

anterograde amnesia

Question 42

loss of memory for events that occurred prior to the trauma

Answer 42

retrograde amnesia

Question 43

formation of new memories

Answer 43

construction

Question 44

process of bringing up old memories

Answer 44

reconstruction

Question 45

describes effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to creation of false memory

Answer 45

suggestibility

Question 46

causes someone to remember something that was only a suggestion someone made

Answer 46

suggestibility

Question 47

who studied false memories

Answer 47

Elizabeth loftus

Question 48

after exposure to incorrect info, a person may misremember original event

Answer 48

misinfo paradigm effect

Question 49

participants shown films of car accident, asked question w different wording and got different answers based on word used

Answer 49

Loftus study

Question 50

recall of false autobiographical mems

Answer 50

false memory syndrome e

Question 51

occurs when the memory is never stored in our mind in the first place

Answer 51

encoding failure

Question 52

forgetting type sins of memory

Answer 52

transience, absent mindedness, blocking

Question 53

distortion type sins of memory

Answer 53

misattribution, suggestibility, bias, persistance

Question 54

accessibility of memory dec over time

Answer 54

transience,

Question 55

forgetting causes by lapse in attention

Answer 55

absent mindedness

Question 56

accessibility of info is temporarily blocked

Answer 56

blocking

Question 57

source of memory is confused

Answer 57

misattribution

Question 58

false memories which sin

Answer 58

suggestibility

Question 59

memories distorted by current belief system

Answer 59

bias

Question 60

inability to forget undesirable moments

Answer 60

persistance

Question 61

overtime, unused info tends to fade away

Answer 61

transience/storage dec

Question 62

involves racial and gender bias

Answer 62

stereotypical bias

Question 63

involves enhancing our memories of the past

Answer 63

egocentric bias

Question 64

tendency to think and outcome was inevitable after the fact

Answer 64

hindsight bias

Question 65

old info hinders recall of new info

Answer 65

proactive interference

Question 66

new info hinders recall of old info

Answer 66

retroactive interference

Question 67

conscious repetition of info to be remembered

Answer 67

rehearsal

Question 68

organizing info into manageable bits or chunk s

Answer 68

chunking

Question 69

technique where you think about meaning of new info and how it relates to knowledge already in memory

Answer 69

elaborative rehearsal

Question 70

memory aids that help us organize info for encoding

Answer 70

mnemonic device