Advanced Placement Psychology
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| 9831947805 | encoding | the processing of getting information into the memory system. |  | 0 |
| 9831947806 | storage | the retention of encoded information over time. |  | 1 |
| 9831947807 | retrieval | the process of getting information out of memory storage. | | 2 |
| 9831947808 | sensory memory | the immediate, very brief recording of what we hear and see. | | 3 |
| 9831947809 | short-term memory | holds a few items for as long as we are thinking about them. | | 4 |
| 9831947810 | long-term memory | the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences. | | 5 |
| 9831947811 | rehearsal | the conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage. |  | 6 |
| 9831947812 | spacing effect | the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice. |  | 7 |
| 9831947813 | serial position effect | our tendency to better recall the first few and last few items in a list. |  | 8 |
| 9831947814 | mnemonics | memory aids that use silly sentences, associations, acrostics, and acronyms |  | 9 |
| 9831947815 | chunking | organizing items into smaller, related, manageable units; often occurs automatically. |  | 10 |
| 9831947816 | iconic memory | a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second. |  | 11 |
| 9831947817 | echoic memory | A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds. |  | 12 |
| 9831947818 | flashbulb memory | a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. |  | 13 |
| 9831947819 | implicit memory | Something you were not consciously aware that you remembered until you did it. These are mostly procedural memories. |  | 14 |
| 9831947820 | explicit memory | memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare." (Also called declarative memory.) |  | 15 |
| 9831947821 | hippocampus | a neural center that is located in the limbic system; helps process and form new long term memories |  | 16 |
| 9831947822 | recall | when a person must retrieve a memory with few external cues. It must be "pulled" from their mind and produced. Fill in the blank or an essay are examples |  | 17 |
| 9831947823 | recognition | the ability to match a piece of information to a stored image or fact. Multiple choice questions |  | 18 |
| 9831947824 | priming | the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory. |  | 19 |
| 9831947825 | déjà vu | that eerie sense that "I've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience. |  | 20 |
| 9831947826 | mood-congruent memory | the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood. |  | 21 |
| 9831947827 | proactive interference | the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information. |  | 22 |
| 9831947828 | retroactive interference | the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information. | | 23 |
| 9831947831 | Procedural Memory | a memory of how to perform a specific task. Doing a back flip. |  | 24 |
| 9831947832 | Semantic Memory | a memory of a fact or bit of information. Congress has two houses, the Senate and House of Representatives. |  | 25 |
| 9831947833 | Episodic Memory | a memory of something you have personally experienced. I went on the Tower of Terror when I was 5 and hated it. |  | 26 |
| 9831947834 | Elizabeth Loftus | Researcher who demonstrated that eyewitness testimony is not as accurate as we think |  | 27 |
| 9831947836 | Context Dependent Memory | You are more likely to remember something when you are in the same/a similar setting as when the memory took place. |  | 28 |
| 9831947837 | State Dependent Memory | You are more likely to remember something when you are in the same mental state as when the memory took place | 29 | |
| 9831947838 | Curve of Forgetting | idea that forgetting happens rapidly within the first hour of learning, then tapers off gradually. |  | 30 |
| 9831947839 | Retrograde Amnesia | the inability to remember what happened before sustaining brain injury |  | 31 |
| 9831947840 | Anterograde Amnesia | the inability to form new memories after sustaining brain injury. |  | 32 |
| 9831947841 | Ebbinghaus | Researcher who created the curve of forgetting |  | 33 |
| 9831947842 | Reconstructive Memory | remembering is influenced by perception, imagination, expectations, and experience. our brain wants to make memories complete and fit into a meaningful plan even if one doesn't exist. |  | 34 |
