Understanding Memory Concepts Flashcard

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What is the term for the enhanced ability to remember information when in the same state as when the memory was formed?

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State-dependent memory

Front

What is the effect called when distributed study or practice yields better long-term retention?

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Spacing effect

Front

What is it called when a person attributes a memory to the wrong source?

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Source misattribution

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Which type of interference occurs when old information hinders the recall of newly learned information?

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Proactive interference

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What is the term for the gradual fading of memory traces over time?

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Storage decay

Front

What principle suggests that memory retrieval is improved when the context at retrieval matches the context at encoding?

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Encoding specificity principle

Front

What is the phenomenon where the first items in a list are remembered better than those in the middle?

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Primacy effect

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What is the phenomenon where the last items in a list are remembered better than those in the middle?

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Recency effect

Front

What is the term for the inability to remember information due to a lack of encoding?

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Encoding failure

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What is the term for when new information interferes with the recall of old information?

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Retroactive interference