PY 101 exam 2 UA
Encoding - correct answer ✔the processing of information so that it can be
stored
Storage - correct answer ✔the retention of encoded representations over
time
Retrieval - correct answer ✔the act of recalling or remembering stored
information when it is needed
Consolidation - correct answer ✔a process by which immediate memories
become lasting (or long-term) memories
Spreading Activation - correct answer ✔stimuli in working memory activate
specific nodes in long-term memory, making retrieval easier
Context Dependent Memory - correct answer ✔we retrieve a memory more
easily when in the same context as when we formed the memory
State Dependent Memory - correct answer ✔memories can also be tied to
the emotional state we were in when we formed the memory
Mnemonics - correct answer ✔learning aids, strategies, and devices that
improve recall through the use of retrieval cues
method of loci - correct answer ✔consists of associating items you want to
remember with physical locations
, short-term memory - correct answer ✔a memory storage system that briefly
holds a limited amount of information in awareness
working memory - correct answer ✔an active processing system that keeps
different types of information available for current use, e.g. sounds, images,
ideas
implicit memory - correct answer ✔the system underlying unconscious
memories
Without effort
Procedural (motor) memory
explicit memory - correct answer ✔the system underlying conscious
memories
declarative memory - correct answer ✔the cognitive information retrieved
from explicit memory; knowledge that can be declared
Flashbulb memories - correct answer ✔vivid episodic memories for
circumstances in which people first learned of a surprising, consequential, or
emotionally arousing event
Prospective memory - correct answer ✔involves remembering to do
something at a future time. If a cue to remember is available in the person's
environment, prospective memory can operate automatically
Semantic memory - correct answer ✔memory for knowledge about the world
Encoding - correct answer ✔the processing of information so that it can be
stored
Storage - correct answer ✔the retention of encoded representations over
time
Retrieval - correct answer ✔the act of recalling or remembering stored
information when it is needed
Consolidation - correct answer ✔a process by which immediate memories
become lasting (or long-term) memories
Spreading Activation - correct answer ✔stimuli in working memory activate
specific nodes in long-term memory, making retrieval easier
Context Dependent Memory - correct answer ✔we retrieve a memory more
easily when in the same context as when we formed the memory
State Dependent Memory - correct answer ✔memories can also be tied to
the emotional state we were in when we formed the memory
Mnemonics - correct answer ✔learning aids, strategies, and devices that
improve recall through the use of retrieval cues
method of loci - correct answer ✔consists of associating items you want to
remember with physical locations
, short-term memory - correct answer ✔a memory storage system that briefly
holds a limited amount of information in awareness
working memory - correct answer ✔an active processing system that keeps
different types of information available for current use, e.g. sounds, images,
ideas
implicit memory - correct answer ✔the system underlying unconscious
memories
Without effort
Procedural (motor) memory
explicit memory - correct answer ✔the system underlying conscious
memories
declarative memory - correct answer ✔the cognitive information retrieved
from explicit memory; knowledge that can be declared
Flashbulb memories - correct answer ✔vivid episodic memories for
circumstances in which people first learned of a surprising, consequential, or
emotionally arousing event
Prospective memory - correct answer ✔involves remembering to do
something at a future time. If a cue to remember is available in the person's
environment, prospective memory can operate automatically
Semantic memory - correct answer ✔memory for knowledge about the world
