What does serial position effect show
Distinction between short term memory and long term memory
What is the primary effect
When there is superior memory for stimuli presented at the end of a sequence
What is the recency effect
When there is a superior memory for stimuli presented at the end of a sequence
What is interference
Forgetting that occurs due to other interfering materials
What is proactive interference
Interference caused by earlier (past) events and interferes with newer information and memory
What is retroactive interference
Interference caused by later events and interferes with older information and memory
Do all memories interfere with each other equally
No
What is the concept of memory similarity
It is easier to remember things that are very different at the same time than those that are extremely similar
What is declarative memory
Long term memory knowledge that is retreived and reflected on consciously
What is episodic memory
Long term memory about events in one’s own life
What is semantic memory
Long term memory for general world knowledge
What is coding
The form in which stimuli are represented in the mind
What is release from proactive interference
A situation in which conditions occur that eliminate or reduce the decrease in performance caused by proactive interference
What is the hippocampus
A subcortical structure that is important for forming long-term memories and that also plays a role in remote episodic memories and in short-term storage of novel information
What is mental time travel
A person travels back in time in their mind to reexperience events that happened in the past
What is autobiographical memory
Memory for specific events from a person’s life
What are personal semantic memories
Semantic components of autobiographical memories
What is the remember/know procedure
A procedure in which subjects are presented with a stimulus they have encountered before and are asked to indicate remember, if they remember the circumstances under which they initially encountered it, or know, if the stimulus seems familiar but they don’t remember experiencing it earlier
What is semanticization of remote memories
Loss of episodic details for memories of long-ago events
What is the constructive episodic stimulation hypothesis
Hypothesis proposed by Schacter and Addis that episodic memories are extracted and recombined to construct simulations of future events
What are explicit memories
Memories that involve consious recollections of events or facts that one has learned in the past
What are implicit memories
Memory that occurs when an experience affects a person’s behavior, even though the person is not aware they have the experience
What is procedueral memory
Memory for how to carry out highly practiced skills (type of implicit memory)
What is expert-induced amnesia
Amnesia that occurs because well-learned procedural memories do not require attention
