Introduction to Psychology Exam 2 Terminologies
Autobiographical Memory - ๐ธ Memory for the events of one's life
Consolidation - ๐ธ The process
... [Show More] occurring after encoding that is believed to stabilize memory traces
Cue Overload Principle - ๐ธ The principle states that the more memories that are associated with a particular retrieval cue, the less effective the cue will be in prompting retrieval of any one memory.
Distinctiveness - ๐ธ The principle that unusual events (in a context of similar events) will be recalled and recognized better than uniform (nondistinctive) events
Encoding - ๐ธ The initial experience of perceiving and learning events
Encoding Specificity Principle - ๐ธ The idea that cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it
Engrams - ๐ธ A term indicating the change in the nervous system representing an event; also, memory trace
Episodic Memory - ๐ธ Memory for events in a particular time and place
Flashbulb Memory - ๐ธ A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
Memory Traces - ๐ธ A term indicating the change in the nervous system representing an event
Misinformation Effect - ๐ธ Incorporating misleading info into one's memory of an event
Mnemonic Devices - ๐ธ A strategy for remembering large amounts of information, usually involving imaging events occurring on a journey or with some other set of memorized cues
Recoding - ๐ธ Taking the information from the form it is delivered to us and then converting it in a way that we can make sense of it
Retrieval - ๐ธ The process of getting information out of memory storage
Retroactive Interface - ๐ธ The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information
Semantic Memory - ๐ธ The more or less permanent store of knowledge that people have
Storage - ๐ธ The stage in the learning/memory process that bridges encoding and retrieval; the persistence of memory over time
Memory is NOT an exact recording of our experiences - ๐ธ It is a set of cognitive abilities that enable us to store
information about past experiences to facilitate
effective responses to the present situation [Show Less]