Unit 2 Topic 2.6 - Retrieving Memories

Question 1

Recall

Answer 1

Remembering without cues. Retrieving information from memory WITHOUT EXTERNAL cues.
Ex: i can recall her name

Question 2

Recognition

Answer 2

A sense of awareness and familiarity experienced when one encounters people, events, or objects that have been encountered before or when one comes upon material that they have already learned

Question 3

Context-Dependent Memory

Answer 3

The idea that memory retrieval is more effective when you are in the same ENVIRONMENT/SETTING where the information was originally learned

Ex: If you learned the names while watching Snow White, being in the same setting coukd improve your recall of their seven dwarves’ names

Question 4

Mood-Congruent Memory

Answer 4

When your mood during retrieval matches the MOOD you were in when encoding information
Ex: If you were happy while learning peoples names you may recall them more easily

Question 5

State-Dependent Memory

Answer 5

Retrieval is enhanced when you are in the same PHYSICAL or MENTAL STATE as when your first learned the information
Ex: if you were relaxes while learning names, being relaxed again can help you remember them

Question 6

Retrieval Practices

Answer 6

Testing Effect - the finding that taking a test on previously studied material leads to better retention than does restudying the material for an equivalent amount of time

Metacognition - the awareness and understanding of your own thought processes, including knowing what you do and don’t know
Ex: reflecting on how confident you were on remembering something demonstrates Metacognition