AP Psyh p2
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sargenttyler on January 25, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 echoic memory | A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli |
| long-term potentiation | An increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation - believed to be the neural basis for learning and memory |
| amnesia | The loss of memory |
| implicit memory | Retention independent of conscious recollection |
| explicit memory | Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare" |
| hippocampus | A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage |
| recall | A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier |
| recognition | A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned |
| relearning | A memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time |
| priming | The activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory |
| déjà vu | That eerie sense that "I've experienced this before" - cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience |
| mood-contingent memory | The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood |
| proactive interference | The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information |
| retroactive interference | The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information |
| repression | In psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that basishes from conscousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories |
| misinformation effect | Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event |
| source amnesia | Attributing to the wrong source an event that we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined |
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