Remembering and Forgetting: Crash Course Psychology #14

What type of memories require conscious, effortful work?

• Implicit memories
• Explicit memories
• Automatic memories
• Sensory memories

What serves as retrieval cues to help recall memories?

• Random thoughts
• Interconnected associations
• Visual images only
• Unrelated information

What is the term for activating associations non-consciously?

• Contextual retrieval
• Priming
• Explicit recall
• Implicit encoding

Which type of memory is influenced by an individual's emotional state?

• Context-dependent memory
• State-dependent memory
• Implicit memory
• Long-term memory

In the context of memory, what does the serial position effect refer to?

• Forgetting information over time
• Recalling the first and last items best
• The difficulty in recalling random items
• The order of emotional experiences

What is the common phenomenon where a person feels like they know something but can't recall it?

• Memory decay
• Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
• Contextual fade
• Retrieval failure

When does proactive interference occur?

• When new information hinders recalling old information
• When old information prevents recalling new information
• When memories decay over time
• When memories are incorrectly reconstructed

What is the misinformation effect?

• When memories are enhanced by new information
• When misleading information alters a memory
• When memories are accurately recalled
• When memories are forgotten entirely

Who is known for studying the reliability of eyewitness accounts?

• Sigmund Freud
• Elizabeth Loftus
• Carl Rogers
• B.F. Skinner

What can significantly impact a person's memory recall according to the transcript?

• The number of words learned
• The context and mood during the event
• The length of the event
• The type of food consumed