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Flashcards covering different types of memory, memory organization models, retrieval processes, and factors influencing memory accuracy based on lecture notes.

Autobiographical memory

Anything related to yourself.

Episodic memory

Memory of a specific event, interaction, something you watched, or something you experienced.

Procedural memory

Memories of things that we know how to do, which are hard to explain to others, and sometimes we don't remember how we gained the skills.

Explicit memory

Memory that involves awareness, including semantic and autobiographical memories.

Implicit memory

Memory without awareness, such as knowing where letters are on a keyboard without conscious recall.

Semantic Network Model

A model that organizes information by clustering and association, where the more alike two things are, the more likely they are to be remembered together.

Association/Clustering

The process of organizing or connecting things together, making it easier to remember them if they are alike.

Neural Links/Pathways

Brain connections that lead from one associated thought or concept to the next.

Repetition

The act of reinforcing neural connections, which is often needed for memory.

Retrieval

The process of pulling memories back out once they have been stored.

Tip of the Tongue Experience

The sensation of knowing that you know something, but being unable to quite come up with what it is.

Recall (Free Recall)

A type of memory test where you have to tell everything you know about a topic without cues.

Cued Recall

A type of memory test where context clues or partial information are provided to help trigger memories.

Recognition

The easiest type of memory test, typically multiple-choice, where you choose the correct information from given options.

Context Effect (Encoding Specificity Principle)

The principle that we are more likely to retrieve information if we are in the same environment as when we learned it.

Mood Congruence

The phenomenon where it's easier to recall information encoded while in a certain mood if you are in that same mood again.

Flashbulb Memory

A very vivid and detailed memory of a shocking or significant life-changing event, often believed to be 100% accurate despite decaying over time like other memories.

Memory Faultiness

The understanding that human memory is not perfect or always accurate and is subject to decay.