Module 24 Vocab Retrieval and Retrieval Failure

Front

Memory improves with related info during retrieval.

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encoding specificity

Front

Ability to match info to a stored image or fact.

Back

recognition

Front

Memory retrieval with minimal cues.

Back

recall

Front

A stimulus for remembering.

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retrieval cue

Front

Strategies and memory tricks for effective information retention.

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mnemonics

Front

Tendency to remember information at the start and end of a body more accurately than the middle.

Back

serial position effect

Front

Tendency to remember information at the end of a body of information better than at the beginning.

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recency effect -

Front

Tendency to remember the first items in a list better than those that follow.

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primacy effect

Front

Type of automatic encoding linked to strong emotional events.

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flashbulb memories

Front

Tendency to falsely believe, by revising older memories with new info, that one could have predicted an event's outcome.

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hindsight bias