Psych Chapter 7

Front 1

Memory

Back 1

System or process by which the products or results of learning are stored for future use

Front 2

Nonsense syllables

Back 2

Stimuli used to study memory; typically composed of a consonant-vowel-consonant sequence

Front 3

Serial learning

Back 3

Learning procedure in which material that has been learned must be repeated in the order in which it was presented; also known as ordered recall

Front 4

Free recall

Back 4

Learning procedure in which material that has been learned may be repeated in any order

Front 5

Serial position effect

Back 5

Tendency for items at the beginning and end of a list to be learned better than items in the middle

Front 6

Paired-associate learning

Back 6

Learning procedure in which items to be recalled are learned in pairs. During recall, one member of the pair is presented and the other is to be recalled

Front 7

Recognition Test

Back 7

Test of Retention that compares the time or trials required to learn material a second time with the time or trials required to learn the materials the first time

Front 8

Savings score

Back 8

Difference between the time or trials originally required to learn material and the time or trials required to relearn the material