Ch. 8

Front 1

the inability to distinguish what you originally experienced fromwhat you heard or were told about an event later

ex. the case of H.M., unable to form new memories or reconstruct the past

Back 1

source amnesia

Front 2

conscious, intentional recollection of an event or of an item of information

Back 2

explicit memory

Front 3

the ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory previously encountered material

ex. essay and fill-in-the-blank exams

Back 3

recall

Front 4

the ability to idenitify previously encountered material

ex. true-false and multiple choice tests

Back 4

recognition

Front 5

unconscious retention in memory, as evidenced by the effect of a previous experience or previously encountered information on current thoughts or actions

Back 5

implicit memory

Front 6

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

Back 6

priming

Front 7

a memory system that accurately but very briefly registers sensory information before the information fades or moves into short-term memory

Back 7

sensory register

Front 8

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

Back 8

short-term memory

Front 9

short-term memory plus the mental processes that control retrieval of information from long-term memory and interpret that information appropriately for a given task.

ex. case of h.m., can do arithmetic, converse, relate events that predate their injury, do anything else that requires retrieval of information from long-term into short-term memory

Back 9

working memory

Front 10

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

Back 10

long-term memory

Front 11

memories for the performance of actions or skills ("knowing how")

ex. knowing how to comb your hair, use a pencil, etc

Back 11

procedural memories

Front 12

memories of facts, rules, concepts, and events ("knowing that")

ex. knowinging that ottawa is the capital of canada, explicit learning

Back 12

declarative memories

Front 13

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

ex. knowing a cat is small & furry, implicit learining

Back 13

semantic memories

Front 14

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

ex. your wedding day

Back 14

episodic memories

Front 15

the tendency for recall of the first and last items on a list to surpass recall of items in the middle of the list.

ex. vocabulary list

Back 15

serial-position effect

Front 16

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

Back 16

decay theory

Front 17

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

Back 17

retroactive interference

Front 18

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

Back 18

proactive interference

Front 19

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

Back 19

cue-dependent forgetting

Front 20

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

Back 20

state-dependent memory

Front 21

the loss of memory for important personal information, often painful events.

Back 21

amnesia

Front 22

in psychoanalytic theory, the involuntary pushing of threatenin or upsetting information into the unconscious

Back 22

repression