AP Psychology Unit 5.2 (Memory) Vocab

Incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event.

• Misinformation effect

• Source amnensia

• Encoding failure

• Interference

A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier with very few retrieval cues.

• Recognition

• Recollection

• Relearning

• Recall

The retention of encoded information over time.

• Retrieval

• Working memory

• Storage

• Encoding

Type of memory that holds roughly 7 items for a brief period of time.

• Sensory memory

• Working Memory

• Long-Term Memory

• Prospective Memory

The strengthening of a memory in long-term storage, usually through repeated retrieval

• Adaptation

• Consolidation

• Replication

• Acquisition

The process of getting information out of memory storage.

• Encoding

• Potentiation

• Consolidation

• Retrieval

The immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system.

• Sensory memory

• Short-term memory

• Episodic memory

• Flashbulb memory

The activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory.

• Priming

• Framing

• Encoding

• Processing

A measure of memory in which the person needs only to identify items previously learned, e.g., an mcq

• Remembrance

• Reminiscence

• Recognition

• Recollection

The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information.

• Retroactive interference

• Proactive interference

• Source misattribution

• Misinformation effect