Psych 100 Exam 3 (PSU Crosby), Psych 100 Exam 2 (PSU Crosby) With complete and Verified Solutions

Psych 100 Exam 3 (PSU Crosby), Psych 100 Exam 2 (PSU Crosby) With complete and Verified Solutions anterograde amnesia when memory for anything new becomes impossible, although old memories may still be retrievable constructive processing Retrieval of memories in which those memories are altered, revised, or influenced by newer information declarative memory Things that people know (or can know) echoic memory Sounds elaborative rehearsal A method of transferring info from STM to LTM by making that info meaningful in some way Encoding Converting environmental and mental stimuli into memorable brain codes encoding specificity Tendency for memory of info to be improved if related info that is available when the memory is first formed is also available when the memory is being retrieved flashbulb memory Automatic encoding due to unexpected, highly emotional event Forgetting Failure to properly store information for future use iconic memory Things we see information-processing model Assumes the processing of info for memory storage is similar to the way a computer processes memory in a series of 3 stages long-term memory System of memory into which all the info is placed to be kept more or less permanently maintenance rehearsal Staying something over and over in your head in order to remember it in STM Memory System that senses, organizes, stores, and retrieves information misinformation effect misleading information presented after event can affect memory accuracy for event procedural memory Motor skills, habits, emotional associations (typing, starting car) retrieval pulling information from storage retrieval cues a stimulus for remembering retrograde amnesia loss of memory from the point of some injury or trauma backwards, or loss of memory for the past selective attention ability to focus on only one stimulus from among all sensory input sensory memory First state of memory; the point at which info enters the nervous system through the sensory systems serial position effect info at the beginning and end of a list is remembered better than material in the middle short-term memory memory system in which information is held for brief periods of time while being used Storage "Holding on" to encoded information tip of the tongue phenomenon one feels as though one knows information but can only generate bits and pieces working memory an active system that processes the information in short-term memory Big Five openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism Openness willingness to try new things and be open to new experiences Conscientiousness How motivated you are Extraversion How social you are Agreeableness Emotional style of a person Neuroticism Emotional stability Conscious Contact with outside world; current awareness defense mechanisms unconscious distortions of a person's perception of reality that reduce stress and anxiety Denial refusal to recognize or acknowledge