A.P. Psychology Unit 5 Review, Part 2

Occurs when misleading information has distorted one’s memory of an event.

A clear, sustained memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.

A sudden realization of a problem’s solution; contrasts with strategy-based solutions.

An increase in a cell’s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation; a neural basis for learning and memory.

A process in which previously stored memories, when retrieved, are potentially altered before being stored again.

An inability to retrieve information from one’s past.

A mental image or best example of a category.

The ability to produce new and valuable ideas.

The idea that cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it.

That eerie sense of “I’ve experienced this before.”

Narrowing the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution.

The basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.

The activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one’s perception, memory, or response.

The neural storage of a long-term memory.

Faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined.

Our tendency to recall best the last (recency effect) and first (primacy effect) items in a list.

The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood.

The backward-acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old information.

A simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently.

A neural center located in the limbic system; helps process for storage of explicit memories of facts and events.

All the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating.

A methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem.

The forward-acting disruptive effect of older learning on the recall of new information.

An inability to form new memories.

Expanding the number of possible solutions to problems.

A mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people.