Long term memory Flashcards
autobiographical memory
memory for specific events from a persons life. can include episodic and semantic
coding
how stimuli represented in the mind - visual, semantic, phonological
expert-induced amnesia
when you have reached a level of proficiency you perform automatically
explicit memories
conscious recollection of events or facts we have learned (different to implicit which is unconsciously recalled)
hippocampus
important for forming LTM
implicit memory
memories that are unintentionally memorised - eg procedural memory like driving/sewing
LTM
holds large amounts of information for long periods of time
a stage in the modal model of memory
mental time travel
Tulving - where a person travels back in time to re-experience events that happened in the past -> Episodic memory
personal semantic memories
factual knowledge about yourself and own past
primacy effect
where you better recall the first few items (and end - recency) than the middle
priming
where the introduction of a stimulus influences how people respond to a subsequent stimulus
exposure of one thing can later alter behaviour or thoughts
proactive interference
where previously learned information interferes with learning new material
eg learning a friends new phone number (over the old one)
procedural memory
memory to carry out highly practised skills - riding a bike, tying shoe laces etc
propaganda effect
where you are more likely to rate something as being true because you have been exposed to it before
recency effect
where a list of words are presented, you are more likely to recall the words presented last
recognition memory
where you recognise something as familiar something you’ve encountered previously
release from proactive interference
memory improved when there is a change to the information being memorised
remember/know procedure
procedure where subjects indicate ‘remember’ if they remember the circumstances where they initially encountered it, or ‘know’ if it seems familiar but they don’t remember experiencing it
repetition priming
where the introduction of a stimulus influences how people respond to a subsequent stimulus
exposure of one thing can later alter behaviour or thoughts
semanticisation of remote memories
loss of episodic details for memories of long-ago events
episodic memory
part of explicit memory
Tulving - remembering a feeling located in the past
past personal experiences that occurred at particular times and places
serial position curve
a plot of the percentage of participants remembering each word against the position of the word on the list
skill memory
memory for doing things that involve learned skills - procedural memory
semantic memory
recollection of ideas, concepts and facts - general knowledge
