UNIT 4: Quiz 2 Psychology

long-term memory

permanent storage of information

acquire

to gain or obtain for yourself

intentional learning

deliberately placing information into your mind

interference

anything that inhibits your brain's ability to remember

chunking

grouping items into smaller segments

retrograde amnesia

inability to remember events that happened prior to a brain injury

anterograde amnesia

inability to store long-term memories

hippocampus

part of the brain that aids long-term memory

rehearsal

a form of practice to keep information in the memory

false memory

a recovered memory that is not true

incidental learning

learning that occurs without intention

mnemonic device

memory tricks to give you cues and aid your ability to retrieve information

sensory memory

momentary storage of information

repression

moving difficult information from the conscious to the unconscious mind

recovered memory

remembering long-forgotten memories with someone's help

short-term memory

temporary storage of information

encoding

the process of placing information into the mind