Questions and Answers
What is the principle of learning?
What does the forgetting curve represent?
The speed and amount of forgetting that occurs.
What is negative transfer?
An interference with learning due to differences between two similar tasks.
What does attention refer to in the context of memory?
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What is recognition?
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What is amnesia?
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What is eidetic imagery?
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What is a schema?
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What is overlearning?
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What is a learning curve?
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What is state-dependent learning?
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What is a mnemonic device?
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What is interference theory?
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What does elaboration refer to in memory?
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What is acoustic memory?
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What is the transfer of training?
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What is information processing?
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What is the sensory memory system?
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What is long-term memory?
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What is chunking?
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What does recall refer to?
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Study Notes
Memory Concepts and Definitions
- Principle Learning: Involves developing an overall view of the material, facilitating better organization of information for enhanced retention.
- Forgetting Curve: Represents the speed and extent of memory loss over time, illustrating how retention decreases.
- Negative Transfer: Occurs when learning of one task interferes with the ability to perform a similar task due to differences between them.
- Attention: Refers to the focused alertness on material, crucial for effective learning and memory retention.
- Recognition: The skill of identifying the correct object or event from provided choices, illustrating memory recall processes.
- Amnesia: Characterized by the blocking of previous memories and/or the inability to form new ones, affecting overall memory function.
- Eidetic Imagery: A type of iconic memory that lasts briefly, allowing for immediate visual analysis of objects.
- Schema: An organized system used to answer questions or solve problems, shaping how information is processed.
- Overlearning: Involves practicing information beyond perfect recitation, leading to improved retention and decreased forgetting.
- Learning Curve: Visual representation of the increase in retention over time as learning occurs, showing gradual improvement.
- State-Dependent Learning: Refers to the phenomenon that retrieval of learned material is most effective when in the same chemical state as when it was learned.
- Mnemonic Device: Techniques that create unusual associations with material to enhance memory retention.
- Interference Theory: Suggests forgetting occurs due to conflicting information between newly learned and previously stored material.
- Elaboration: The strategy of linking as many associations as possible to a concept to facilitate easier retrieval.
- Acoustic Memory: A very short-lived auditory memory feature that can be transferred to short-term memory (STM).
- Transfer of Training: Learning process where skills from one task are applied to another, facilitated by task similarities.
- Information Processing: Encompasses the ways in which incoming information is analyzed, stored, and retrieved.
- Sensory Memory System: Functions as the initial receivers of sensory information from the environment, with very brief retention.
- Long-Term Memory: Memory system capable of holding information over extended time frames, from hours to decades.
- Chunking: Technique that involves organizing information into clusters or groups for easier processing and recall.
- Recall: The capability to retrieve and integrate specific details learned previously, demonstrating memory depth.
- Positive Transfer: Describes the beneficial effect on learning when tasks share similarities, aiding in skill application.
- Iconic Memory: An extremely brief visual memory lasting just long enough to be processed into short-term memory.
- Short-Term Memory: The memory store that retains information temporarily, ranging from several seconds to a couple of minutes.
- Forgetting: Refers to the increased likelihood of errors when attempting to retrieve stored information, indicating memory decay.
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Test your knowledge of key concepts in Chapter 8 of Psychology, focusing on memory. This quiz features essential terms like principle learning, forgetting curve, and negative transfer. Perfect for reinforcing your understanding of how we learn and remember information.