Memory and Forgetting

What type of memories require conscious effort to retrieve?

• Context-dependent memories

• Explicit memories

• State-dependent memories

• Implicit memories

What are retrieval cues?

• Bits of information that link memories together

• Memories that are context-dependent

• Invisible memories that awaken old associations

• Memories that are state-dependent

What is the term for memories that are activated non-consciously?

• Serial position effect

• Primacy effect

• Priming

• Recency effect

What is the term for memories that are influenced by our emotions?

• Mood-congruent memories

• Misinformation effect

• Proactive interference

• Retroactive interference

What is the term for the phenomenon where the first and last items on a list are more likely to be remembered?

• Storage decay

• Recency effect

• Serial position effect

• Primacy effect

What is the term for the phenomenon where new learning interferes with recalling old information?

• Source misattribution

• Retroactive interference

• Proactive interference

• Misinformation effect

What is the term for the phenomenon where misleading information alters a person's memory?

• Proactive interference

• Source misattribution

• Retroactive interference

• Misinformation effect

What is the term for the phenomenon where a person forgets information because it was not encoded properly?

• Storage decay

• Retroactive interference

• Proactive interference

• Retrieval failure

What is the term for the phenomenon where memories are reconstructed and changed each time they are recalled?

• Misinformation effect

• Memory reconstruction

• Retroactive interference

• Proactive interference

What is the term for the phenomenon where a person misattributes the source of a memory?

• Source misattribution

• Misinformation effect

• Retroactive interference

• Proactive interference