Chapter 8: Memory

​ Encoding of information with little conscious awareness or effort. =

What is the process of maintaining or keeping information readily available?

• Forgetting

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Storage

Memory for specific items of information=

Memory for specific, personal events and situations=

What is the term for the loss of information from memory as a result of disuse and the passage of time?

• Interference

• Decay

• Distortion

• Motivated Forgetting

Memory for ideas, words, rules, and general concepts about the world=

What is the process by which stored information is recovered from memory?

• Rehearsal

• Recognition

• Retrieval

• Recall

What is the theory of memory suggesting that information is represented in the brain as a pattern of activation across entire neural networks?

• Information Processing Model

• Parallel Distributed Processing

• Sensory Memory

• Working Memory

What is the term for the repetitive review of information with little or no interpretation?

• Elaborative Rehearsal

• Maintenance Rehearsal

• Effortful Processing

• Automatic Processing

What is the tendency to recall information learned in a particular physiological or psychological state most accurately when a person is in that same state again?

• Context Dependent Memory

• Facilitating Retrieval

• Primacy Effect

• State-and Mood-Dependent Memory