Advanced Placement Psychology
Enterprise High School, Redding, CA
All terms from Myers Psychology for AP (BFW Worth, 2011)
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| 8177191496 | the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information. | memory |  | 0 |
| 8177191497 | the processing of information into the memory system—for example, by extracting meaning. | encoding |  | 1 |
| 8177191498 | the retention of encoded information over time. | storage |  | 2 |
| 8177191499 | the process of getting information out of memory storage. | retrieval | | 3 |
| 8177191500 | the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system. | sensory memory | | 4 |
| 8177191501 | activated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as the seven digits of a phone number while dialing, before the information is stored or forgotten. | short-term memory | | 5 |
| 8177191502 | the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences. | long-term memory | | 6 |
| 8177191503 | a newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory. | working memory | | 7 |
| 8177191504 | the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions, including vision. Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving. | parallel processing |  | 8 |
| 8177191505 | unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings. | automatic processing |  | 9 |
| 8177191506 | encoding that requires attention and conscious effort. | effortful processing |  | 10 |
| 8177191507 | the conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage. | rehearsal |  | 11 |
| 8177191508 | the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice. | spacing effect |  | 12 |
| 8177191509 | our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list. | serial position effect |  | 13 |
| 8177191510 | the encoding of picture images. | visual encoding |  | 14 |
| 8177191511 | the encoding of sound, especially the sound of words. | acoustic encoding |  | 15 |
| 8177191512 | the encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words. | semantic encoding |  | 16 |
| 8177191513 | mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing, especially when combined with semantic encoding. | imagery |  | 17 |
| 8177191514 | memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices. | mnemonics |  | 18 |
| 8177191515 | organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically. | chunking |  | 19 |
| 8177191516 | a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second. | iconic memory |  | 20 |
| 8177191517 | A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds. | echoic memory |  | 21 |
| 8177191518 | an increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory. | long-term potentiation (LTP) |  | 22 |
| 8177191519 | a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. | flashbulb memory |  | 23 |
| 8177191520 | the loss of memory. | amnesia |  | 24 |
| 8177191521 | retention independent of conscious recollection. (Also called non-declarative or procedural memory.) | implicit memory |  | 25 |
| 8177191522 | memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare." (Also called declarative memory.) | explicit memory |  | 26 |
| 8177191523 | a neural center that is located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage. | hippocampus |  | 27 |
| 8177191524 | a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test. | recall |  | 28 |
| 8177191525 | a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test. | recognition |  | 29 |
| 8177191526 | a measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time. | relearning |  | 30 |
| 8177191527 | the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response. | priming |  | 31 |
| 8177191528 | that eerie sense that "I've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience. | déjà vu |  | 32 |
| 8177191529 | the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood. | mood-congruent memory |  | 33 |
| 8177191530 | the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information. | proactive interference |  | 34 |
| 8177191531 | the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information. | retroactive interference | | 35 |
| 8177191532 | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness. | repression |  | 36 |
| 8177191533 | incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event. | misinformation effect |  | 37 |
| 8177191534 | attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined. (Also called source misattribution.) Source amnesia, along with the misinformation effect, is at the heart of many false memories. | source amnesia |  | 38 |
| 8177191535 | occurs when the brain computes information step-by-step in a methodical and linear matter | serial processing |  | 39 |
