Psychology And Life Ch. 7

Front 1

encode or retrieve information without conscious effort

Back 1

implicit memory

Front 2

something that is easy to remember takes no effort

Back 2

implicit memory

Front 3

if there was a picture of a kitchen and a rabbit was standing on the kitchen table. if someone asked what was wrong with that picture, what kind of memory would you use?

Back 3

implicit memory

Front 4

something that takes effort to remember is...?

Back 4

explicit memory

Front 5

conscious effort to encode or recover or recover information through memory processes.

Back 5

explicit memory

Front 6

if there was a picture with a rabbit sitting on a table in the kitchen and someone asked you what is missing from the picture, this would be what kind of memory?

Back 6

explicit memory

Front 7

memory for how things get done; the way perceptual cognitive, and motor skills are acquired, retained, and used.

Back 7

procedural memory

Front 8

if someone asked you how to bake a cake or how to get dressed in the morning, you would use what kind of memory

Back 8

procedural memory

Front 9

how much space of memory do you have?

Back 9

limitless

Front 10

encoding has to be deep in memory for it to be into?

Back 10

storage

Front 11

memory processes associated with preservation of recent experiences and with retrieval of information from ling-term memory

Back 11

short term memory

Front 12

has limited capacity and stores information for only a short length of time?

Back 12

short term memory

Front 13

most people can remember __ numbers and ___ objects?

Back 13

7+/-2 and 3 to 5

Front 14

the storehouse of all the experiences, events, information, emotions, skills, words, categories, rules, and judgements that have been aquired form sensory and short term memories.

Back 14

long term memory

Front 15

best when their is a good match between how we encode and how we retrieve

Back 15

long term memory

Front 16

we take memory through the what kind of memory?

Back 16

ionic memory

Front 17

you reproduce the information to which you were previously exposed.

Back 17

recall

Front 18

forces you to remember the definition and apply them

Back 18

recall

Front 19

if the police ask you to identify a criminal after a crime what would you use to tell them?

Back 19

recall

Front 20

the realization that a certain stimulus event is one you have seen or heard before

Back 20

recognition

Front 21

easier than recall

Back 21

recognition

Front 22

which memory last longer than ionic memory

Back 22

echoic memory

Front 23

conscious effort to encode or recover information through memory processes

Back 23

explicit uses of memory

Front 24

memory for information such as facts and events

Back 24

declarative memory

Front 25

memory system in the visual domain that allows large amounts of information to be stored for very brief durations

Back 25

iconic memory

Front 26

a person that has photographic memory

Back 26

eidetic imagery

Front 27

to repeat information over and over again to remember

Back 27

maintenance rehearsal

Front 28

the process of taking single items of information and recoding them on the basis of similarity or some other organizing principle

Back 28

chunking

Front 29

if someone remembers their bank account number in years... 198414561345 as 1984,1456, 1345 what are they using

Back 29

chunking

Front 30

a memory resource that is used to accomplish tasks such as reasoning and language comprehension; consists of the phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, and central executive

Back 30

working memory

Front 31

a period of time over which you must keep the information in memory

Back 31

retention interval

Front 32

long-term memory for an autobiographical event and the context in which it occurred

Back 32

episodic memory

Front 33

generic, categorical memory, such as the meaning of words and concepts

Back 33

semantic memory

Front 34

something interesting

Back 34

contextual distinct

Front 35

the principle that subsequent retrieval of information is enhanced if cues received at the time of recall are consistent with those present at the time of encoding

Back 35

encoding specificity

Front 36

if you were at a party and see someone that you recognize but you can not place them what is that called?

Back 36

encoding specificity

Front 37

the improved memory for items at the start of a list

Back 37

primary effect

Front 38

the improved memory for items at the end of a list

Back 38

recency effect

Front 39

a theory that suggests that the deeper the level at which information was processed, the more likely it is to be retained in memory

Back 39

levels of processing theory

Front 40

circumstances in which past memories make it more difficult to encode and retrieve new information.

Back 40

proactive interference

Front 41

means forward acting

Back 41

proactive interference

Front 42

when you get a new phone number and someone ask you what it is and you say your old number what is that?

Back 42

proactive interference

Front 43

occurs when the acquisition of new information makes it harder for you to remember older information

Back 43

retroactive interference

Front 44

means backward acting

Back 44

retroactive interference

Front 45

after having a new number for a long time and someone ask you for you old number you cant remember it.

Back 45

retroactive interference

Front 46

a strategy or device that uses familiar information during the encoding of new information to enhance subsequent access to the information in memory

Back 46

mnemonic

Front 47

a means of remembering the order of a list of names or objects

Back 47

method of loci

Front 48

if someone gave you a list you would put the list in order that you would go through wal mart. what are you using

Back 48

method of loci

Front 49

in the assessment of implicit memory, the advantage conferred by prior exposure to a word or situation

Back 49

priming

Front 50

a technique for improving memory by enriching the encoding of information

Back 50

elaborative rehearsal

Front 51

if you made up a story to remember words what is this called?

Back 51

elaborative rehearsal

Front 52

when you associate item on a list with a series of cues rather than with familiar locations

Back 52

peg word method

Front 53

one is a bun, two is a shoe, three is a tree. this is an example of what?

Back 53

peg word method

Front 54

para-graph
para-phrase
these are examples of what?

Back 54

word stem completion

Front 55

the game of hangman is an example of what?

Back 55

word fragment compilation

Front 56

Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally is an example of what?

Back 56

acrostic like mnemonic

Front 57

RoyGBiv is an example of what?

Back 57

Acronym mnemonics

Front 58

when you are standing in a circle introducing yourself one after another, you might not remember the person;s name in front of you. what is this an example of?

Back 58

next-in-line effect

Front 59

when you are standing in a circle introducing yourself one after another, you might not remember the person;s name in front of you. what would help prevent the next-in-line effect?

Back 59

elaborative rehearsal