AP Psych - Mod 32: Storing and Retrieving Memories

semantic memory

explicit memory of facts and general knowledge

episodic memory

explicit memory of personally experienced events

hippocampus

helps process explicit (conscious) memories ( of facts or events ) for storage

located in limbic system

memory consolidation

the neural storage of a long term memory

flashbulb memory

a clear, sustained memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

long term potentiation (LTP)

increase effeciency in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation

neural basis for learning and memory

priming

the activation, often unconsciously, of particular association in memory

encoding specificity principle

the idea that cues and contexts specific to a particular memory will be most effective in helping us recall it

mood congruent memory

the tendency to recall exeperiences that are consistent with one's current mood

serial position effect

tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list