Psychology 7 Flashcards
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The persistence of learning over time most clearly depends on
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memory
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The process encoding refers to
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getting information into memory
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Explicit memories are
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memories of facts and personal events that can be consciously retrieved
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A mnemonic is a
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memory aid
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A lack of conscious memories of your first three years of life best illustrates
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infantile amnesia
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The increase of synaptic firing potential that contributes to memory formation is known as
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long-term potentiation
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Memories are primed by
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retrieval cues
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Proactive interference refers to the
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disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information
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Deja vu refers to the
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eerie sense of having previously experienced a situation or event
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Forming many conscious associations between new course material and facts you already know is an effective way to build a network of
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retrieval cues
