What is imagination inflation?

Imagining a false event makes us believe it's real

Not being able to remember something because it was never encoded

What is implicit memory?

Memory we can't consciously recall

Learning the material over time

When new info in short term memory bumps out old info

Procedural memory is?

Long term memory of how we perform certain actions

What is the function of long term memory?

Hold information for long periods of time

Tip of the Tongue experience is?

Knowing info in LTM but being unable to retrieve it

The misinformation effect is?

Our memories can be altered if exposed to misinformation

Distinctiveness says that. . .

Unique things are more likely to be remembered

When we remember info better when we are quizzed on it

What is the context effect

Remembering is easier when retrieval occurs in the same place as encoding

Memory that we can consciously recall

What is maintenance rehearsal?

Repeating information to remember it longer than duration of STM

Levels of processing framework says that. . .

We remember better when we process things in a meaningful way

Information registered from our environment for a short period of time

Serial position effect is?

It is easier to remember the first or last things on a list

What is interference theory?

Forgetting happens because memories compete with or replace each other

What is elaborative rehearsal?

Encoding info by focusing on the meaning of it

Short term memory is ?

What we are actively thinking about

Process of retaining information for later use

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1
Retrieval is?
Taking something from short term memory back to sensory memory
Recovering stored info so we're aware of it
Taking something from short term memory and putting it in long term memory
Remembering something
2
Organizing info in some way (categories, big vs little picture, etc.) helps you remember it
False
True
3
Encoding is the process of turning information into a format that can be retained in the memory system?
False
True
4
Mood congruence is?
Our memories are opposite to our mood at any given moment
Our mood makes us recall memories that are consistent with that mood
Our memories change our mood at any given moment
Our mood changes how our memories form
5
What are the two types of explicit memory?
Semantic and episodic
Semantic and iconic
Episodic and echoic
Semantic and echoic
6
What is imagination inflation?
When we imagine something that didn't happen
When we imagine doing something and then actually do it
Imagining a false event makes us believe it's real
When our imagination changes details of a memory
7
Encoding failure is?
Being unable to remember something from short term memory
Not being able to remember something because it was never encoded
Being unable to encode new info because your memory is full
Being unable to encode something
8
There is only 1 type of long term memory?
False
True
9
Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new memories?
False
True
10
What is implicit memory?
Memories we can't recall
Memories we can't encode
Memory we can't consciously recall
Muscle Memory
11
The capacity of short term memory is 5-7 things?
False
True
12
Episodic memory is our knowledge of specifics (time and place and what happened)
True
False
13
Spaced practice is?
Learning the material by focusing on it's relevance to you
Learning the material the night before
Learning the material over time
Learning the material by repeating it over and over
14
Capacity of long term memory is very large but not infinite
False
True
15
Chunking increases capacity of STM by grouping like info into "chunks"
True
False
16
What psychologist experimented with sensory memory and its duration?
Stanley Milgram
Sigmund Freud
Ivan Pavlov
George Sperling
17
Interference is?
When memories are blocked by other memories
When one memory prevents a new one from forming
When new info in short term memory bumps out old info
When new info gets mixed up with old info
18
Retroactive interference: old memory interferes with a new memory
False
True
19
Procedural memory is?
Memory of how something happens
Memory of how our body moves
Long term memory of how we perform certain actions
Short term memory of how we did something
20
The duration of Echoic memory is 5-7 seconds
False
True
21
What is the function of long term memory?
Hold larger memories
Hold information for long periods of time
Store all memories
Store the memories we choose and want
22
Procedural memory is part of explicit memory
False
True
23
Proactive memory: new memory interferes with an old memory
False
True
24
Tip of the Tongue experience is?
Only knowing part of something stored in LTM
Knowing info in LTM but being unable to retrieve it
Not knowing what you are trying to retrieve from LTM
Knowing only the first syllables/parts of a word
25
Self-reference effect: we remember info better by applying it to ourselves and our own experiences
False
True
26
The misinformation effect is?
Our memories can be altered if exposed to misinformation
Misinformation can't alter memories after they've been encoded
Our memories can't be altered by misinformation
Our memories can distinguish misinformation from the real stuff
27
Distinctiveness says that. . .
We are less likely to remember things if they are new to us
We are more likely to remember things if they are new to us
Unique things are more likely to be remembered
We are less likely to remember unique things/info
28
Testing is?
A long process of recalling information
When we remember information better during tests
A process of questioning your knowledge
When we remember info better when we are quizzed on it
29
What is the context effect
Remembering is easier when retrieval occurs in the same place as encoding
Remembering is easier when you don't have the context of the memory
Remembering is easier when you have partial clues to how the memory formed
Remembering is easier when the conditions are similar to when it was formed
30
Explicit memory is?
Memory that we can consciously recall
Memories that we can't remember for any reason
Memory that cannot be recalled
Memory that was never encoded
31
What is maintenance rehearsal?
Repeating information to better understand it
Repeating information so you can encode it better
Repeating the information
Repeating information to remember it longer than duration of STM
32
Levels of processing framework says that. . .
We remember things better if we remember in steps
We remember better when we process things in a meaningful way
We remember things based on how close they are to us
We remember better when not thinking about what we want to remember
33
Retrieval cue failure occurs because?
Retrieval cues are too specific
Missing retrieval cues
Memory wasn't encoded properly
Wrong retrieval cues
34
Retrograde amnesia is the inability to recall old memories?
True
False
35
Sensory Memory is?
What our instincts tells us is happening
Information registered from our environment for a short period of time
Information from all 5 senses at once
Information from what we feel
36
Retrieval is an all or nothing process?
False
True
37
What are the 2 types of sensory memory
Echoic and Fragrant
Tangible & Palatable
Iconic & Tangible
Iconic & Echoic
38
Memories are considered long term if they're in short term memory for 20 - 30 questions
True
False
39
Serial position effect is?
It is harder to remember the list at all
It is harder to remember the first and last items on a list
Being unable to remember the middle items on a list
It is easier to remember the first or last things on a list
40
What is interference theory?
Forgetting happens because there is no space for new memories
Forgetting happens because the new memories aren't important enough
Forgetting happens because memories compete with or replace each other
Forgetting happens because old memories are blocking new ones from forming
41
False memory: a memory that didn't happen
True
False
42
What is elaborative rehearsal?
Encoding info using repetition
Encoding info by associating it with other things
Encoding info by focusing on the meaning of it
Encoding info by focusing on physical characteristics
43
The duration of iconic memory is 1/4 - 1/2 a second
False
True
44
The recency effect says that its easier to remember the first item on a list
False
True
45
Sensory Memory has a large capacity and short duration
False
True
46
Short term memory is ?
Memories that aren't long
Things we only think of for a small amount of time
Memories that aren't important enough for long term
What we are actively thinking about
47
Semantic memory is our general knowledge (names, facts, places, etc.)
True
False
48
A retrieval cue isn't?
A sound that helps us to remember
Any hint, cue, or prompt that helps us remember
An item that helps us remember something
A random item on the ground
49
The 2 types of long term memory are?
Explicit and episodic
Semantic and implicit
Explicit and iconic
Explicit and implicit
50
The primacy effect says it's easier to remember the last item on a list
False
True
51
Storage is?
Process of putting information into the different types of memory
Process of retaining information for later use
Process of saving sensory information
Process of taking in new information
52
Source confusion is?
When make up stories about our memory
When we can't recall the origins of a memory
When we mix up where our memory came from
When the original source of a memory is forgotten and given a new source
53
Which is not a factor for encoding into long term memory?
Connection to personal information
Organization of information trying to be encoded
Where the memory is formed
Levels of processing
54
Massed practice is trying to learn all the material at once
False
True
55
Memory is?
Process in which we gain, store, and recall information
Process in which we form memories
Process in which we form and access new information
Process in which we remember
56
What is the duration of short term memory?
30 seconds
15 Seconds
1 minute
5-7 seconds
57
Forgetting is being unable to recall information that you previously could?
True
False
58
Decay theory says that we forget info because we don't use it?
False
True

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