Psych. Unit 5 Review (Memory)

Fading away of memory

• Amnesia
• Decay
• Interference 
• Repression

Our memory for facts, such as psych vocabulary.

• explicit memory
• implicit memory
• priming
• next-in-line effect

Our memory for skills, such as riding a bike.

• implicit memory
• explicit memory
• echoic memory
• iconic memory

The process of getting the information back out of memory storage.

• encoding
• storage
• retrieval
• Next-in-line-effect

The retention (saving) of encoded material over time.

• encoding
• storage
• retrieval
• rehearsal

Which brain part is responsible for facilitating explicit memories?

• brain stem
• cerebellum
• amygdala
• hippocampus

What is the definition of Encoding?

• The process of converting data from one form to another.

• The process of putting a sequence of characters into a specialized format for efficient transmission or storage.

• The act of getting information into our memory system through automatic or effortful processing.

Match the following

• Long-term potentiation

• An increase in a synapse's firing efficiency that occurs when the sequence of neurons that represents a particular memory fires repeatedly; believed to be the neural basis of learning and memory

• Explicit Memory

• The part of your memory system that contains information you are consciously aware of before it is stored more permanently or forgotten.

• Long-term memory

• The relative permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system.

• Flashbulb Memory

• A vivid clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

• Short-term/working memory

• The memory of facts and experiences

A memory trick or technique

• Serial Position Effect

• Semantic Encoding

• Encoding

• Mnemonic Device

According to spaced practice, which of the following study methods would work best? 

• explaining physics to someone that hasn't taken the class
• learning physics by rereading your notebook
• studying physics everyday for 1 hour a day in the week leading to the test
• studying physics for an hour before a test