Memory Concepts Quiz

attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined.

• source amnesia

• anterograde amnesia

• retrieval cues

• episodic memory

the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.

• proactive interference

• misinformation effect

• prospective memory

• retrograde amnesia

a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli.

• iconic memory

• sensory memory

• episodic memory

• short-term memory

an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation.

• long-term potentiation (LTP)

• iconic memory

• explicit (declarative) memory

• serial position effect

the activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response.

• priming

• encoding

• retrieval

• chunking

better memory for information that is distinct from the information around it

• disposition effect

• isolation effect

• recency effect

• spacing effect

the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system.

• long-term memory

• working memory

• sensory memory

• short-term memory

an inability to retrieve information from one's past.

• retroactive interference

• anterograde amnesia

• retrograde amnesia

• prospective memory

active manipulation of information in short-term memory storage

• long-term memory

• short-term memory

• working memory

• sensory memory

memory for general knowledge

• semantic memory

• procedural memory

• episodic memory

• sensory memory