PSU Psych 100 Final Exam | Questions and
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Anterograde Amnesia - ANSWER- -Amnesia in which a person cannot form new memories,
but can recall old ones
Declarative Memory - ANSWER- -Things people know and are thusly so more aware of
[Semantic: facts and knowledge]
[Episodic: Events experienced by a person]
Elaborative Rehearsal - ANSWER- -Moving a memory from long term to short term by
associating it with a meaningul stimulus or event
Encoding - ANSWER- -Process by which events are converted from environmental and mental
stimuli into memory
Flashbulb Memories - ANSWER- -Memories stored vividly as they represent moments of
emotional significance
Forgetting - ANSWER- -Failure to properly encode or store facts to memory
Long Term Memory - ANSWER- -Memories stored for the long run that are essentially never
forgotten
Maintenance Rehearsal - ANSWER- -Constantly saying and repeating a fact/information to
store it to memory more effectively
, Memory - ANSWER- -Events dedicated to remembering
Procedural Memory - ANSWER- -Things people can do or act out, helping them remember
long term (i.e. motor skills, "its like riding a bike")
Retrieval - ANSWER- -The process of recalling a memory from storage
Retrieval Cue - ANSWER- -Stimuli that will spur a subject to recalling a memory from storage;
the more retrieval cues a certain memory has the easier it will be to remember
Retrograde Amnesia - ANSWER- -Amnesia in which a patient loses the ability to recall past
information/memories
Selective Attention - ANSWER- -ability to only pay attention to a single stimuli out of a group
of events
Sensory Memory - ANSWER- -The initial stage of memory, when information is first
introduced to the nervous system
Serial Position Effect - ANSWER- -Information at the beginning and end of a set is the
information recalled most vividly
Short term Memory - ANSWER- -Memory that will not be stored for long and is set at a
limited capacity
Storage - ANSWER- -The process of devoting information to memory; process of retaining
memory over time
correct detailed Answers | 2026 Updates |
100% correct
Anterograde Amnesia - ANSWER- -Amnesia in which a person cannot form new memories,
but can recall old ones
Declarative Memory - ANSWER- -Things people know and are thusly so more aware of
[Semantic: facts and knowledge]
[Episodic: Events experienced by a person]
Elaborative Rehearsal - ANSWER- -Moving a memory from long term to short term by
associating it with a meaningul stimulus or event
Encoding - ANSWER- -Process by which events are converted from environmental and mental
stimuli into memory
Flashbulb Memories - ANSWER- -Memories stored vividly as they represent moments of
emotional significance
Forgetting - ANSWER- -Failure to properly encode or store facts to memory
Long Term Memory - ANSWER- -Memories stored for the long run that are essentially never
forgotten
Maintenance Rehearsal - ANSWER- -Constantly saying and repeating a fact/information to
store it to memory more effectively
, Memory - ANSWER- -Events dedicated to remembering
Procedural Memory - ANSWER- -Things people can do or act out, helping them remember
long term (i.e. motor skills, "its like riding a bike")
Retrieval - ANSWER- -The process of recalling a memory from storage
Retrieval Cue - ANSWER- -Stimuli that will spur a subject to recalling a memory from storage;
the more retrieval cues a certain memory has the easier it will be to remember
Retrograde Amnesia - ANSWER- -Amnesia in which a patient loses the ability to recall past
information/memories
Selective Attention - ANSWER- -ability to only pay attention to a single stimuli out of a group
of events
Sensory Memory - ANSWER- -The initial stage of memory, when information is first
introduced to the nervous system
Serial Position Effect - ANSWER- -Information at the beginning and end of a set is the
information recalled most vividly
Short term Memory - ANSWER- -Memory that will not be stored for long and is set at a
limited capacity
Storage - ANSWER- -The process of devoting information to memory; process of retaining
memory over time
