Long-Term Memory Flashcards

Flashcards for reviewing long-term memory concepts.

Serial Position Curve

Better recall of items at the beginning and end of a list.

Primacy Effect

Better recall of items at the start of a sequence.

Recency Effect

Better recall of items at the end of a sequence.

Coding

The representation of a stimulus or experience.

Visual Code

Imagery representation in the mind.

Auditory Code

Sound-based representation in the mind.

Semantic Code

Meaning-based representation in the mind.

Proactive Interference

Old information interferes with learning new information.

Retroactive Interference

New information interferes with old information.

Episodic Memory

Access to information involves mental time travel to one's past experiences.

Semantic Memory

Access to knowledge does not have to involve mental time travel to past events (facts).

Remember/Know Procedure

Method to differentiate between episodic and semantic memory recall.

Constructive Episodic Simulation Hypothesis

Episodic memories are extracted and recombined to construct simulations of future events.

Procedural Memory

An implicit type of memory for skills and motor coordinated actions.

Implicit Memory

Memories we are not aware of.

Expert-induced Amnesia

Attention is not required for skills that are well-learned and performed automatically.

Priming

Presentation of a stimulus impacts later responding.

Repetition Priming

The priming stimulus (initial stimulus) is the same as the test stimulus (stimulus that is presented after the priming stimulus).

Propaganda Effect

Even when unaware of a prior encounter with a statement, the earlier exposure increases the likelihood that the statement is perceived to be true.

Classical Conditioning

Exhibiting a conditioned response without being aware of the conditioning that took place.