Psychology 1100 Exam #2 Notes Questions With All Complete And Verified Solutions Graded A+.

3 processes of memory - correct answer encoding, storage, retrieval. encoding - correct answer transforming perception into memory. storage - correct answer maintaining information over time. retrieval - correct answer recalling previously stored information. 3 encoding methods - correct answer elaborative, visual imagery, and organizational encoding. elaborative encoding - correct answer relating new memory to previously stored memories. elaborative encoding region - correct answer left frontal, left temporal lobe. semantic judgment - correct answer thinking about the meaning of the word. rhyme judgment - correct answer thinking about the sound of the word. visual judgment - correct answer thinking about the appearance of the word itself. visual imagery encoding - correct answer converting information into mental images. organizational encoding - correct answer grouping into object categories. organizational encoding region - correct answer surface of left frontal lobe. visual imagery encoding region - correct answer occipital lobe. sensory memory retention time - correct answer `held for a few seconds or less. iconic memory - correct answer fast decaying visual information. echoic memory - correct answer fast decaying sound information. short term memory retention time - correct answer held for less than a minute. rehearsal effect - correct answer repeating information to keep it in memory. chunking method - correct answer clustering pieces of information. working memory - correct answer active maintenance of short term information. long term memory retention time - correct answer days, weeks, years, etc. anterograde amnesia - correct answer inability to transfer short term to long term memory. retrograde amnesia - correct answer inability to retrieve information before a specific date. consolidation - correct answer memories become stable in the brain. reconsolidation - correct answer resetting memories in the brain upon retrieval. long term potentiation - correct answer connections between synapses strengthens their relation. retrieval cue - correct answer external information that catalyzes memory retrieval. state dependent retrieval - correct answer information is better recalled in the same state of mind. transfer appropriate processing - correct answer memory is more likely to transfer from one situation to another when the encoding context of the situation match. retrieval induced forgetting - correct answer recalling long term memories makes recollection harder. explicit memory - correct answer intentionally recalling past experiences. implicit memory - correct answer unintentional influence of past experience on later actions. procedural memory - correct answer gradual learning of a task through repeated practice. priming - correct answer recent exposure to a stimulus causes an enhanced ability to recall that stimulus. perceptual priming - correct answer implicit memory for the sensory features of an item. conceptual priming - correct answer implicit memory for the meaning of a word. semantic memory - correct answer facts and concepts that make up our worldly knowledge. episodic memory - correct answer past experiences that occurred at certain times or places.