Intro to Psychology Memory Spring 2023

Elizabeth Loftus

Her research on memory construction and the misinformation effect created doubts about the accuracy of (a)   testimony

Encoding is

the processing of information into the memory system—for example, by extracting meaning.

• True

• False

(a)  

the process of getting information out of memory storage

A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage.

• Hypothalamus

• Cerebellum

• Hippocampus

• Thalamus

the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information, such as if you start studying Spanish, it may interfere with the French that you've already learned.

• retroactive interference

• proactive interference

According to the serial position effect

you'd be more likely to recall the middle items a list than any others.

• True

• False

little tricks you can use to help remember information. Like word games. ROY G. BIV

• chunking

• mnemonics

• serial position effect

• STM

the collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular time and place

• explicit memory

• implicit memory

• procedural memory

• episodic memory

memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare"

• explicit memory

• implicit memory

• procedural memory

• episodic memory

the gradual acquisition of skills as a result of practice, or "knowing how" to do things

• explicit memory

• implicit memory

• procedural memory

• episodic memory