Psychology Notes 3/2

Front 1

the more similar the encoding environment is to the retrieval environment, the more we will remember

Back 1

encoding-specificity principle

Front 2

taking a test on information increases memory for the information

Back 2

testing effect

Front 3

(memory aids)

words created from the initial letters of a series of words

Back 3

acronyms

Front 4

sentences where the first letter of each word is the same as the first letter of each item to be remembered

Back 4

acrostics

Front 5

(memory aids)

emotional situations cause the release of ______ __________ (_______, ______________, _______________) that activate the ____________

Back 5

stress hormones, cortisol, epinephrine, norepinephrine, amygdalae

Front 6

clues which aid memory

Back 6

retrieval cues

Front 7

the more we mentally analyze info, the better we remember it

Back 7

levels of processing

Front 8

(memory modules)

General, lexical and conceptual knowledge

specific events in our life

These are parts that make up the....

Back 8

semantic

episodic

explict/declarative memory

Front 9

skills, unconscious associations

Back 9

implicit/procedural memory

Front 10

exposure to a stimulus can make a schema more acessable

Back 10

priming

Front 11

negative experiences associated with a stimulus or situation can cause us to fear them

Back 11

conditioned fear/aversive conditioning