Chapter 7–10 Focused Study Guide for Tulane Rollins
Psych: Concept-Driven Q&A to Deepen Understanding
and Recall
1. memory - ANSWER retention of information over time
2. three basic processes of memory - ANSWER encoding, storage, and retrieval
3. encoding - ANSWER getting info into memory
4. storage - ANSWER holding info in memory
5. retrieval - ANSWER finding info in memory
6. automatic processing - ANSWER processed automatically such as space, time,
sequence, and frequency
7. effortful processing - ANSWER things you need to think about to remember
8. maintenance rehearsal - ANSWER memorizing for the repetition of events and
their serial postions
9. elaborative rehearsal - ANSWER memorizing for the meaning of information
10.serial position effect - ANSWER how well we remember an item on a list based
on its location
,11.primacy effect - ANSWER we better recall items at the beginning of a list
12.recency effect - ANSWER we better recall items at the end
13.self-reference effect - ANSWER we better connect with information when it is
on a personal level
14.spacing effect - ANSWER better remember information if it is learned over
time
15.Information Processing model - ANSWER three stages are: sensory memory,
short term memory, long term memory
16.sensory memory - ANSWER used for brief identification purposes
17.short term memory - ANSWER 18- 30 seconds, working memory, mental
manipulation
18.working memory - ANSWER hold in memory while remanipulating
19.long term memory - ANSWER constantly renewing, a few minutes to a life
time, multiple types and categories, focused on capacity and duration
20.magic number - ANSWER 7 + or - 2 maximum number of itemms that can be
recalled after one presentation
, 21.explicit/ declarative long term memory - ANSWER episodic- personal,
semantic- facts
22.implicit/ unconscious long term memory - ANSWER procedural-how to,
priming, classical conditioning
23.retrieval cues - ANSWER stimuli that aid retrieval, activate networks through
spreading activation, spreads to similar activation and memories
24.context-dependent memory - ANSWER environmental cues aid memory
25.state-dependent memory - ANSWER remembering more if you are in the same
physiological state
26.why we forget - ANSWER encoding failure, storage decay, retrieval failure
27.STM forgetting - ANSWER decay, displacement, new kicks out old
28.LTM forgetting - ANSWER retrieval failure: trouble accessing, limited capacity
29.schemas - ANSWER ideas of what to expect and they develop with
experiences, info molded to fit into what we notice and remember
30.misinformation effect - ANSWER memory is easily distorted by questions and
suggestoins
31.Loftus traffic accident experiment - ANSWER people recall accident differently
when different words were given "smash", "hit", and "contact"
Psych: Concept-Driven Q&A to Deepen Understanding
and Recall
1. memory - ANSWER retention of information over time
2. three basic processes of memory - ANSWER encoding, storage, and retrieval
3. encoding - ANSWER getting info into memory
4. storage - ANSWER holding info in memory
5. retrieval - ANSWER finding info in memory
6. automatic processing - ANSWER processed automatically such as space, time,
sequence, and frequency
7. effortful processing - ANSWER things you need to think about to remember
8. maintenance rehearsal - ANSWER memorizing for the repetition of events and
their serial postions
9. elaborative rehearsal - ANSWER memorizing for the meaning of information
10.serial position effect - ANSWER how well we remember an item on a list based
on its location
,11.primacy effect - ANSWER we better recall items at the beginning of a list
12.recency effect - ANSWER we better recall items at the end
13.self-reference effect - ANSWER we better connect with information when it is
on a personal level
14.spacing effect - ANSWER better remember information if it is learned over
time
15.Information Processing model - ANSWER three stages are: sensory memory,
short term memory, long term memory
16.sensory memory - ANSWER used for brief identification purposes
17.short term memory - ANSWER 18- 30 seconds, working memory, mental
manipulation
18.working memory - ANSWER hold in memory while remanipulating
19.long term memory - ANSWER constantly renewing, a few minutes to a life
time, multiple types and categories, focused on capacity and duration
20.magic number - ANSWER 7 + or - 2 maximum number of itemms that can be
recalled after one presentation
, 21.explicit/ declarative long term memory - ANSWER episodic- personal,
semantic- facts
22.implicit/ unconscious long term memory - ANSWER procedural-how to,
priming, classical conditioning
23.retrieval cues - ANSWER stimuli that aid retrieval, activate networks through
spreading activation, spreads to similar activation and memories
24.context-dependent memory - ANSWER environmental cues aid memory
25.state-dependent memory - ANSWER remembering more if you are in the same
physiological state
26.why we forget - ANSWER encoding failure, storage decay, retrieval failure
27.STM forgetting - ANSWER decay, displacement, new kicks out old
28.LTM forgetting - ANSWER retrieval failure: trouble accessing, limited capacity
29.schemas - ANSWER ideas of what to expect and they develop with
experiences, info molded to fit into what we notice and remember
30.misinformation effect - ANSWER memory is easily distorted by questions and
suggestoins
31.Loftus traffic accident experiment - ANSWER people recall accident differently
when different words were given "smash", "hit", and "contact"
