Memory Flashcards Preview

Psychology 101 > Memory > Flashcards

Flashcards in Memory Deck (22)
Loading flashcards...
1
Q

What is procedural memory used for?

A

Remembering automatic skills

2
Q

Define encoding

A

gettting info into brain

3
Q

Define implicit memory

A

retention that doesn’t require conscious recollection

4
Q

define iconic memory

A

a fleeting sensory memory of a visual stimuli

5
Q

define echoic memory

A

fleeting sensory memory of auditory stimuli

6
Q

define chunking

A

organizing items into sensible units

7
Q

define spacing

A

studying evenly for max retention

8
Q

testing effect

A

enhancing memory by retieving not just reading material

9
Q

shallow processing

A

encoding based on the structure of words

10
Q

deep processing

A

encoding based on the meaning of the words

11
Q

what am I? a neural center located in the limbic system: helps process explicit memories for storage

A

hippocampus

12
Q

deep brain structure involved with motor movement

A

basal ganglia

13
Q

responsible for emotion related memory

A

amygdala

14
Q

what is the increased efficiency of neural firing after brief, rapid stimulation known as?

A

long term potentiation

15
Q

what are the three ways that retention is measured

A

recall, recognition, and relearning

16
Q

what is priming?

A

The awakening of associations

17
Q

mood congruent memory

A

recalling experiences that are consistent with your current mood

18
Q

define serial position effect

A

tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list

19
Q

anterograde amnesia

A

inability to form new memories

20
Q

retrograde amnesia

A

inability to retrieve info from the past

21
Q

proactive interference

A

disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new info

22
Q

retroactive interference

A

disruption of new learning on the recall of old info