What is suggestibility?

Memory distortion due to misleading information

Which is true of implicit memory?

It is shown through actions or reactions

What is conceptual priming?

Faster response to related concepts

What is working memory?

Active manipulation of short-term info

A mental structure that helps us organize info

What is episodic memory?

Memories of personal experiences

A deficit in long-term memory from injury or trauma

Easier response to a stimulus due to recent experience

The ability to store and retrieve information

What is absentmindedness?

Forgetting due to inattention or shallow encoding

Organizing info into meaningful units

What is the primacy effect?

Better recall of first items in a list

What is consolidation?

Strengthening memories for storage

What is repetition priming?

Improved performance due to repeated exposure

What is the method of loci?

Linking info to locations in a familiar place

What is retrieval-induced forgetting?

Retrieving some info weakens related info

What is prospective memory?

Remembering to do something in the future

Transforming perception into memory

Unwanted memories that won't fade

What is the encoding specificity principle?

Cues from encoding help with retrieval

What is sensory memory?

Very brief storage of sensory input

What is elaborative rehearsal?

Connecting new info to existing knowledge

Temporary failure to retrieve info

What is long-term potentiation (LTP)?

Strengthening of synaptic connections

What is cryptomnesia?

Thinking an idea is original when it's not

What is source amnesia?

Knowing something but forgetting where it came from

What is the dual-coding hypothesis?

Visual + verbal encoding improves memory

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What is suggestibility?
Lack of memory storage
Strengthening of memory through cues
Repeating facts to memorize
Memory distortion due to misleading information
2
Which is true of implicit memory?
It is shown through actions or reactions
It is recalled with conscious effort
It requires verbal explanation
It only includes facts
3
What is conceptual priming?
Learning how to play the piano
Faster response to related concepts
Remembering sounds
Failing to remember events
4
What is working memory?
Unconscious memory
Memory from childhood
Memory loss from fatigue
Active manipulation of short-term info
5
What is a schema?
A type of long-term memory
A memorization strategy
A brain region
A mental structure that helps us organize info
6
What is episodic memory?
Unconscious memory
Facts about the world
Short-term memory
Memories of personal experiences
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What is amnesia?
A deficit in long-term memory from injury or trauma
A hallucination disorder
A habit of daydreaming
A type of motor memory
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What is priming?
Easier response to a stimulus due to recent experience
The process of blocking unwanted memories
Forgetting earlier experiences
A type of explicit memory
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What is memory?
The ability to store and retrieve information
Conscious attention to detail
A method of learning through rehearsal
The process of forgetting unwanted events
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What is absentmindedness?
Forming false memories
Remembering things in dreams
Forgetting due to inattention or shallow encoding
A memory bias
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What is chunking?
Long-term memory decay
Organizing info into meaningful units
Forgetting due to overload
Thinking in patterns
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What is echoic memory?
Memory of words
Brief memory for sounds
Emotional echoes
Visual afterimages
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What is the primacy effect?
Remembering last items best
Better recall of first items in a list
Forgetting the first items
Ignoring middle items
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What is semantic memory?
General knowledge and facts
Memory of dreams
Memory for emotions
Memory for locations
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What is anterograde amnesia?
Recalling facts without awareness
Sudden memory gain
Losing childhood memories
Inability to form new memories
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What is procedural memory?
Remembering historical events
Memory for emotions
Memorizing flashcards
Memory for skills and habits
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What is consolidation?
Organizing schemas
Strengthening memories for storage
Repeating facts to study
Forgetting over time
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What is repetition priming?
Linking words to numbers
Forgetting repeated information
Improved performance due to repeated exposure
Remembering concepts from a schema
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What is the method of loci?
A type of rehearsal
A motor skill
A process of forgetting
Linking info to locations in a familiar place
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What is retrieval-induced forgetting?
Repeated retrieval strengthens all memories
Forgetting due to disuse
Improving memory through retrieval
Retrieving some info weakens related info
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What is proactive interference?
New info helps old
Old info interferes with new
You forget on purpose
Unrelated memories get mixed
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What is prospective memory?
Failing to encode new info
Forgetting recent events
Recalling past trauma
Remembering to do something in the future
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Which of the following is explicit memory?
Typing on a keyboard
Walking to class
Riding a bike
Recalling a history fact
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What is encoding?
Losing access to memory
Writing down notes
Recalling old facts
Transforming perception into memory
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What is persistence?
Remembering useful facts
Forgetting trauma
Unwanted memories that won't fade
Motivated encoding
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What brain area helps form explicit memories?
Cerebellum
Occipital lobe
Hippocampus
Amygdala
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What is the encoding specificity principle?
You forget what you didn't study
You only remember meaningful info
Cues from encoding help with retrieval
Encoding equals storing
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What is sensory memory?
Memory for personal experiences
Long-term emotional memory
Very brief storage of sensory input
Unconscious memory
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What is elaborative rehearsal?
Skipping steps to save time
Saying something over and over
Connecting new info to existing knowledge
Using flashcards
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What is iconic memory?
Brief visual memory
Memory of smells
Memory for sounds
Emotional reactions
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What is blocking?
Schema formation
Storing memories
Temporary failure to retrieve info
Long-term forgetting
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What is long-term potentiation (LTP)?
Damage to brain pathways
Strengthening of synaptic connections
Decay of motor memory
Loss of memory connections
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What is cryptomnesia?
Forgetting dreams
Remembering fictional events
Loss of all memory
Thinking an idea is original when it's not
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What is source amnesia?
Emotional memory loss
Knowing something but forgetting where it came from
Total recall of the past
No memory of what happened
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What is retrograde amnesia?
Loss of past memories
Memory confusion
Overactive memory recall
Inability to form new memories
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What is the dual-coding hypothesis?
Visual + verbal encoding improves memory
You can't process two things at once
Coding applies only to numbers
Memory is only visual

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