AP Psych 7-2 Vocab

Long Term Potentiation

increased efficiency of potential neural firing

Flashbulb Memory

perceived clarity of memories of surprising, significant events

Implicit Memory

the unconscious retention and retrieval of information without conscious awareness

Explicit Memory

retention of facts and experiences that one can consciously know

Recall

retrieving information that is not currently in your conscious awareness but that was learned at an earlier time

Recognition

identifying items previously learned

Priming

the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory

Deja Vu

that eerie sense that 'I've experienced this before'

Mood - Congruent Memory

the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood

Retroactive Interference

when new learning disrupts recall of old information

Proactive Interference

when prior learning disrupts your recall of new information

Repression

the exclusion of distressing memories, thoughts, or feelings from the conscious mind

Misinformation Effect

occurs when misleading information distorts one's memory of an event

Source Amnesia

faulty memory for how, when, or where information was learned or imagined

Anterograde Amnesia

Loss of the ability to form or retrieve memories after an injury or traumatic event

Retrograde Amnesia

Loss of memory for events that preceded a head injury or trauma.

Constructive Processing

Reorganizing or updating memories based on logic, reasoning, or new information.

Curve of Forgetting

a graph showing the amount of information remembered after varying lengths of time.

Declarative Memory

A part of LTM containing specific information that can be stated or declared.

Episodic Memory

A subset of declarative memory that contains memories of past experiences like 'episodes' from your life.

Procedural Memory

LTM of conditioned responses and learned skills.

Memory Cue

A stimulus associated with a memory often enhances retrieval.

Memory Decay

The fading or weakening of memories over time.

Network Model

A model that views memory as an organized system of linked information.

Memory Redintegration

the process of recalling a whole memory by being reminded of just a small part of it

Next-in-Line Effect

failure to encode what the person ahead of us just said because we are focusing on what we will say.

Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon

Feeling like a memory is available, but a person is temporarily unable to retrieve the information.