Sherrill General Psychology Chapter 6 Flash Cards

What is the 3 step process
included in the
definition of memory?
Chapter 6: Memory (Flash Cards)

Perception and
translation of a particular
stimulus so that the
information can be more
easily stored is the
definition of what term?

The efficiency of the
storage process is greatly
influenced by the _____
we put into encoding or
organizing new
memories.

_______ is defined as our
ability to access
information that was
properly encoded and
stored in memory.

Information in our
sensory memory
disappears within a few
second if we do not
______ (2 answers)

The short-lived memory
for visual information is
called?

The short-lived memory
for auditory information
is called what?

You are able to respond
to something that you
thought you did not hear,
but actually did hear,
because of what?

Short term memory is
also known as what?

The process of grouping
items into shorter
meaningful units to
make them easier to
remember is called?

This is the type of long
term memory for how to
perform certain activities.

term memory that is also
known as photographic
memory.

term memory needed to
successfully do well on
exams in college.

Your personal or
autobiographical
memories for events you
experience in life is
called what?

__________ devices
organize information in
meaningful ways and
make it easier to
remember at a later time.

The meaningful
arrangement of letters
that assist in memory
retrieval is called?

You witness a hit and run
and repeat the license
plate over and over again
in your head in an
attempt to remember it.
What are you using?

Purposely trying to connect
new information with
information already stored in
LTM is called what?

Don cannot remember
his class schedule from
last semester because he
has focused so much on
his current schedule.
This is an example of:

This occurs when old
information, already in
LTM, interferes with
one’s ability to recall
newly acquired
information.

It is the end of January
and I still keep putting
last year when writing
the date. This is an
example of which type of
interference?

This occurs when newly
acquired information
interferes with the recall
of older memories.

You are only able to
remember the names of
the last few people who
you were introduced to at
your new job. This is
known as?

You can only remember
the first few items on the
grocery list that you have
lost. This is an example
of?

The loss of memory due
to altered physiology
(damage or illness) of the
brain is called?

Maria cannot remember
anything that happened
before she fell of the
cliff. She would have
what type of amnesia?

Ever since his car
accident, Paul has been
unable to form any new
memories. This would
be an example of what?

_______ states that it is
easier to recall information
when you are in the same
physiological or emotional
state or setting as when you
originally encoded the
information.

Vivid recollections,
usually in great detail, of
dramatic or emotionally
charged incidents that
are of interest to the
person.

This term refers to
groups of neurons whose
structures have been
altered by learning.

An increase in a neuron’s
SENSITIVITY to fire
(stimulation) following a
burst of signals to that
neuron’s dendrites is
called what?

Sherrill General Psychology Chapter 6 Flash Cards

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