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| attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, hears about, read about, or imagined |
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| in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety- arounsing thoughts, feelings, and memories. |
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| the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information. |
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| the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information |
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| the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information. |
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| the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood. |
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| the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood. |
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| the eerie sense that I've experienced this before. cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience. |
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| of activation, often unconsciously of particularly associations in memory. |
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| a measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time. |
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| a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the blank test. |
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| a neural center that is located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage |
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| memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare." also called declarative memory. |
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| retention independent of conscious recollection. also called nondeclarative memory. |
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| a clear memory of an emotionally significant movement or event. |
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| an increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory. |
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| a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli. If attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled with 3 or 4 seconds. |
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| a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second. |
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| organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically |
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| memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices. |
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| mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing; especially when combined with semantic encoding. |
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| the encoding of meaning, including the maeaning of words |
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| the encoding of sound, especially the sound of words |
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| the encoding of picture images |
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| our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list |
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| the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through missed study or practice. |
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| the conscious repition of information either to maintain it in conscousness or to encode it for storage. |
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| the retention of encoded information over time |
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| the process of getting information out of memory storage |
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| the processing of information into the memory system- for example, by extracting meaning |
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| the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system |
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| a newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and or information retrieved from long-term memory. |
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| activated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as seven digits of a phone number while dialing, before the information is sotred of forgotten |
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| the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system, encludes knowledge, skills, and experiences |
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| unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings. |
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| encoding that requires attention and conscious effort |
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| in psychoanalytic theory , the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety- arousing thoughts, feelings , and memories. |
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