psy 211 - chapter 7

retrieval cue

a word or stimulus that helps a person remember information stored in memory

encoding

acquiring information and transforming it into memory

transfer appropriate learning

better performance when the type of processing matches in ending and retrieval

Betsy Sparrow

brains are adapting and reorganizing

deep processing

close attention to meaning (good memory is formed)

Nicholas Carr

google is making us stupid, internet is changing our brains for the worst

state-dependent learning

learning associated with a particular internal state such as mood or state of awareness

shallow processing

little attention to meaning (poor memory is formed)

maintenance rehearsal

maintains information, but does not transfer it to LTM (repeating info)

reactivation

process in which the hippocampus replays the neural activity associated with a memory

retrieval

process of transferring information from LTM back into working memory

consolidation

process that transform new memories from a fragile state to a more permanent state

transactive memory

things outside to give info to you (friends, coworkers)

elaborative rehearsal

transforms information to the LTM, connecting new info to old

encoding specificty

we encode information along with it's context