Unit 5 Lesson 7: Retrieval

acronym technique

mnemonic that involves taking the first letter of each word and creating a sentence from those letters

chunking

taking small pieces of information and grouping them into a logical and meaningful units

context-dependent memory

the improved recall of information when context cues relating to the environment are the same during encoding and retrieval

cramming

studying a lot of information in a short period of time

deja vu

strong belief or feeling you have met someone, been somewhere, or had some experience before, when you have not

mnemonic

a tool that helps you encode and memorize information more easily

mood-congruent memory

the improved recall of information when our mood matches the mood we were in when the event happened

narrative technique

mnemonic that involves making up stories that link words together in a way that has meaning

primacy effect

tendency to remember items at the beginning of a list better than those later in the list

recall

accessing of information stored in memory without cues

recency effect

tendency to remember items at the end of a list better than those at the start of the list

recognition

identifying previously learned information after encountering it again or after a cue

relearning

learning information again that had been learned previously

repetition

when material is presented more than once

self-referencing

mnemonic in which material is related to your own experiences

serial position effect

tendency to have a better memory of the words or images at the beginning or end of a list as compared to those items in the middle of the list

spacing effect

spacing the study of information out over a period of time in order to more effectively and easily remember it

state-dependent memory

the improved recall of information when cues relating to emotional and physical state are the same during encoding and retrieval