chapter 6

remember/know procedure

familiarity and recollection measurement of memory

long-term memory

system used to maintain information for long periods of time

recognition memory

the identification of a stimulus that was encountered earlier

expert induced amnesia

Automatic action where the action does not require attention

proactive interference

Decrease in memory that occurs when previously learned information disrupts the learning of new information

Primacy effect

Enhanced memory for words presented at the beginning of the list

recency effect

Enhanced memory for words presented at the end of a list

Mental time travel

Experience of an individual going back in their mind to reexperience past events

Coding

Form in which stimuli are represented in the mind

Release from proactive interference

Increase in performance when previously learned information does not disrupt the learning of new information

Serial position

Plot of the percentage of participants remembering each word against the order the word appears

Primimg

Presentation for one stimulus that changes the way a person responds to another stimulus

Procedural memory

Recall for doing things that usually involve learned skills

Episodic memory

Recall for specific experiences from the past

Semantic memory

Recall of facts

Autobiographical memory

Recall of specific events from a person's life, including both episodic and semantic components

Explicit

Recall that involves conscious recollections of event or fact we have learned in the past

implicit

Recall that occurs when learning from an experience is not accompanied by conscious recall of it

Hippocampus

Subcortical structure important for forming long-term memories

classical conditioning

Technique where a neutral stimulus is repeatedly paired with a stimulus which produces a response

propaganda effect

Theory that people are more likely to think statement they have heard before are true

repetition priming

initial presentation of a stimulus affects the person's response to the same stimulus when it is presented later.

semanticization of remote memories

loss of episodic detail for memories of long-ago events

semanticization of remote memory

loss of episodic details for memories of long-ago events

personal semantic memory

recall component made up of the facts associated with one's own experiences

Skill memory

recall for doing things that usually involve learned expertise