long term memory

Question 1

explicit memory

Answer 1

declarative
memory with awareness
can be consciously retrieved and stated
semantic and episodic

Question 2

semantic memory

Answer 2

part of the explicit memory
learned memory - facts, concepts, what you learn in class

Question 3

episodic memory

Answer 3

part of the explicit memory
memory of past experiences - events, personal experiences, what you did yesterday

Question 4

implicit memory

Answer 4

non declarative
memory without awareness
unconscious and effortless
procedural and classically conditioned

Question 5

procedural

Answer 5

part of the implicit memory
the memory of how to do something
motor skills, muscle memory
cognitive skills (reading, using a computer)

Question 6

classically conditioned

Answer 6

part of the implicit memory
emotional responses that occur without consciously trying to recall the memory
triggered by something, e.g., places, objects, sounds, smells, tastes

Question 7

reasons for forgetting

Answer 7

poor encoding, displacement, retrieval failure, interference, motivated forgetting, trace decay theory, amnesia

Question 8

poor encoding

Answer 8

memory did not form properly in the first place

Question 9

displacement

Answer 9

memories pushed out of the short term memory due to its limited capacity (serial position effect)

Question 10

retrieval failure

Answer 10

lacking cues to assist memory retrieval

Question 11

interference

Answer 11

old memories interfere with new (proactive) or new memories interfere with old (retroactive)

Question 12

motivated forgetting

Answer 12

repression and suppression

Question 13

trace decay theory

Answer 13

fading of memory trace overtime

Question 14

amnesia

Answer 14

problems forming new memories (anterograde), problems recalling old memories (retrograde)