Memory

Question 1

What are the three stages of memory?

Answer 1

Encoding, storage, retrieval.

Question 2

What is working memory?

Answer 2

Conscious processing of incoming info and retrieval from long-term memory.

Question 3

What are implicit vs. explicit memories?

Answer 3

Implicit = skills/conditioning (automatic); Explicit = facts/events (effortful).

Question 4

What is chunking?

Answer 4

Organizing items into familiar units.

Question 5

What is long-term potentiation (LTP)?

Answer 5

Increased synaptic firing potential; basis for learning/memory.

Question 6

What are retrieval methods?

Answer 6

Recall, recognition, relearning.

Question 7

What are retrieval cues?

Answer 7

Context, state, mood congruence.

Question 8

What causes forgetting?

Answer 8

Encoding failure, storage decay, retrieval failure, interference, motivated forgetting.

Question 9

What are memory construction errors?

Answer 9

Misinformation effect, imagination effect