Chapter 10 Flashcards
(36 cards)
When you can’t tell the difference between an actual memory, and something someone told you, it is ___________.
Source misattribution
When you get confused between something that happened to someone else and you or if it happened at all is is _________
Confabulation
Explicit memory is…
Intentional recall of an event or information
When you recall you…
Retrieve and reproduce straight from memory
Examples of recall include:
Fill in the blank
Recognition is…
Identifying previous info
Implicit memory is an ___________ retention in memory
unconscious
Define: memory
Capacity to retain and retrieve information
Taking information and changing it so you can properly understand the info is called…
encoding
Storing is…
retaining information over time
A memory system that preserves accurate images of sensory info, is called…
sensory register
the magic number for short-term memory is..
7 +/- 2
Define: working memory
when you use long term memory temporarily
Define: chunking
when you take units of information and break into smaller units
What is long term memory used for?
learning, building identity, navigating and creating histories
Define: schemas
mental frameworks that help filter and interpret incoming info
Procedural memories are memories for..
knowing how
Declarative memories are..
knowing facts, rules, concepts and events
What are the two parts of declarative memories?
Episodic and semantic
Define: semantic memories
memories of general knowledge
Define: episodic memories
personal memories
flashbulb memories are…
when you remember vivid details
Define: serial-position effect
remembering the first and last items on a list
Reviewing material while it is being learned is…
rehearsal
