the probability of remembering something depends on how much time has passed since learning
recent events are easier to recall, but the rate of forgetting is also quickest shortly after learning, information is forgotten because it’s no longer available
ability to remember information can be affected by information that has been/will be learned
once the working memory is full new information pushes the old information out
7. Acquisition failure:
failure to retrieve information
information that isn’t attended to isn’t encoded
memory decays over time
once the working memory is full new information pushes the old information out
8. Memory recall is helped by...
Memory strategies
Rehearsal
Context reinstatement
Absentmindedness
9. Bartlett’s theory of reconstructive memory:
Memory is an approximation, a reconstruction of the past that depends on our interpretation of the details
Our memory is an exact replica of what happened
Our memories are unreliable because our brains develop them to trick us
Our memories are reconstructed based on information provided after the event
10. Lapses in attention have a...
No effect on memory storage
Negative effect on memory storage
Positive effect on memory storage
Negative effect on memory recall
11. Retrograde amnesia:
partial amnesia
complete amnesia
information prior to trauma is forgotten, no problem forming new memories
difficulty acquiring new memories, while old memories are intact
12. Ebbinghaus’ forgetting curve:
ability to remember information can be affected by information that has been/will be learned
recent events are easier to recall, but the rate of forgetting is also quickest shortly after learning, information is forgotten because it’s no longer available
the probability of remembering something depends on how much time has passed since learning
once the working memory is full new information pushes the old information out
13. Anterograde amnesia:
partial amnesia
difficulty acquiring new memories, while old memories are intact
information prior to trauma is forgotten, no problem forming new memories
complete amnesia
14. Availability/consolidation failure:
memory decays over time
failure to retrieve information
once the working memory is full new information pushes the old information out
information that isn’t attended to isn’t encoded
15. Transcience:
information that isn’t attended to isn’t encoded
memory decays over time
failure to retrieve information
once the working memory is full new information pushes the old information out
