PSYH 151- Chapter 10

the inability to distinguish an actual memory of an event from infomation you learned about the event elsewhere

Confusion of an even that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened

True or False? Because they are so vivid, falshbulb memories remain perfectly accurate overtime

Vivid recollections of emotional and important events

Conscious, intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information (declarative memory)
Example: location of parked car/ Santa's 8 reindeer

the ability to retireve and reproduce from memory previously encountered material

the ability to identify previously encountered material

Unconscious retention in memory, as evidenced by the effect of a previous experience or previously encountered information on current thoughts or actions
Example: mulitplication table

a method for measuring implicit memory in which a person reads or listens to information and is later tested to see whether the information affects performance on another type of task

a method for measuring retention that compares the time required to relearn material with the time used in the initial learning of the material

A model of memory in which knowledge is represented as connections among thousands of interacting processing units, distributed in a vast network, and all operating in parallel.

Alberta solved a crossword puzzle a few days ago. She no longer recalls the words in the puzzle, but while playing a game of Scrabble, she unconsiously tends to form words that were in the puzzle, showing that she has ______________ memories of some of the words.

The three basic memory processes are __________, storage, and ____________.

On obejction to traditional information processing theories of memory is that, unlike most computers, the brain performs many independent operations ____________.

A memory system that momentarily preserves extremely accurate images of sensory information

In the three-box model of memory, a limited-capacity memory system involved in the retention of informaion for brief periods; it is also used to hold information from long-term memory for temporary use

a meaningful unit of information; it may be composed of smaller units

In many models of memory, a cognitively complex form of short-term memory; it involves active mental processes that control retrieval of information from long term memory and interpret that information appropriately for a given task

In the three-box model of memory, the memory system involved in the long-term storage of information

Memories for the performance of actions of skills ("knowing how")

Example: braiding hair, riding a bike

Memories of facts, rules, concepts, and events; they include semantic and episodic memories

Memories of general knowledge, including facts, rules, concepts, and propositions

Example: 12 months in a year, 365 days in a year

Memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which they occured

Example: 16th birthday, first kiss, wedding day, funeral

The tendency for recall of the first and last items on a list to surpass recall of times in the middle of the list
Example: presidents

A long lasting increase in the strength of synaptic responsiveness, thought to be a biological mechanism of long-term memory

The process by which a long-term memory becomes durable and relatively stable

Brain Area: Formation, consolidation, and retrieval of emotional memories

Brain Area: Short-term memory and working-memory tasks

Brain Area: Efficient encoding of words and pictures, working memory, source monitoring

Brain Area: Formation of long-term declarative memories; aids in the retrieval of specific memories; may bind together diverse elements of a memory so it can be retrieved laster as a coherent entity

Brain Area: Formation and retention of simple classically conditioned responses

Brain Area: Storage of long-term memories, possible in areas involved in the original perception of the information

strategies and tricks for improving memory, such as the use of a verse of a formula

True or False? Hormone research suggests that if you want to remember well, you should be as relaxed as possible while learning

Rote repetition of material in order to maintain its availability in memory

Association of new information with already stored knowledge and analysis of the new information to make it memorable

in the encoding of information, the processing of meaning rather than simply the physical of sensory features of a stimulus

the theory that information in memory eventually disappears if it is not accessed; it applies better to short-term than to long-term memory

Forgetting that occurs when recently learned material interferes with the ability to remember similar material stored previously

Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently learned material

The inability to retrieve information stored in memory because of insufficient cues for recall

The tendency to remember something when they rememberer is in the same physical or mental state as during the original learning or experience

The tendency to remember experiences that are consistent with one's current mood and overlook or forget experiences that are not

the partial or complete loss of memory for important personal information

In psychoanalytic theory, the selective, involuntary pushing of threatening or upsetting information into the unconscious

Wilma has been a long-time fan of the country singer Tim McGraw. Later, she meets an interesting guy named Tom McGraw, but she keeps calling  him Tim. Why?

The inability to remember events and experiences that occurred during the first two or three years of life

process of accessing stored information

Where are procedural memories located in the brain?

Where are episodic memories located in the brain?