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Memory Terms and Definitions, Quizzes of Psychology

Northwest Missouri State University (NWMSU)Psychology

Various memory-related terms defined: long-term memory, short-term memory, automatic processing, effortful processing, rehearsal, spacing effect, semantic coding, visual encoding, chunking, iconic memory, echoic memory, capacity of human long-term memory, retrieval cue, repression, incentive, mood congruent memory, amnesia, instinctive behavior, drive reduction theory, homeostasis, optimum arousal theory, aversion, unit bias, anorexia nervosa, diets, estrogen level, sexually active teens, informal interview evaluations, task-talent matching, need to belong, job as a calling, flow, achievement motivation, social leadership style, transformational leadership, recency error, task leadership, personality, free association, superego, erogenous zone in infancy, oedipus complex, regression, projection, displacement, rorschach inkblot test, repression myth, humanism, self-actualization, unconditional positive regard, criticism of humanistic psychology, traits, autonomic nervous system reactivi

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flashbulb memory
DEFINITION 1
attached to emotionally significant moment or event in your
life, you have a very clear memory, it can be positive or
negative.
TERM 2
retreival
DEFINITION 2
process of getting information out of memory storage
TERM 3
long term memory
DEFINITION 3
the relatively premanent and limitless store house of the
memory system
TERM 4
short term memory
DEFINITION 4
activated memory that holds a few items breiefly
TERM 5
automoatic processing
DEFINITION 5
aborsbs everyday things, no effort gonig into this process,
morning, afternoon, night, your native language...
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flashbulb memory

attached to emotionally significant moment or event in your

life, you have a very clear memory, it can be positive or

negative.

TERM 2

retreival

DEFINITION 2

process of getting information out of memory storage

TERM 3

long term memory

DEFINITION 3

the relatively premanent and limitless store house of the

memory system

TERM 4

short term memory

DEFINITION 4

activated memory that holds a few items breiefly

TERM 5

automoatic processing

DEFINITION 5

aborsbs everyday things, no effort gonig into this process,

morning, afternoon, night, your native language...

effortful processing occurs

with_____

encoding information to memory. -next inline effect-inofr

before sleep, -information during sleep

TERM 7

rehearsal

DEFINITION 7

the conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it

in consciousness or to encode it for storage, example:

learning a friends name may take more then once to

remember

TERM 8

describe the technique ebbinghaus

used

DEFINITION 8

more time spend studiing the less you have to hit on it later

TERM 9

spacing effect

DEFINITION 9

rehearse over a period of time, studying for two weeks is

better then studying two nights before a test

TERM 10

semantic

coding

DEFINITION 10

the encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words

a blow to the head could interfere withwhat

kinda of memory storage

hippocampous or cerebellum

TERM 17

retrieval cue

DEFINITION 17

the process of getting information out of memory storage

TERM 18

repression

DEFINITION 18

the basic defense mechanism that banishes anziety,

arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from

conscicsness

TERM 19

incentive

DEFINITION 19

a positive or negative environment stimulis that motivates

behavior

TERM 20

what is a mood congruent memory

DEFINITION 20

the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with

one's current good or bad mood

repression

the basic defense mechanism that banishes from

consciousness anziety arousing thoughts feelings and

memory

TERM 22

deja vu

DEFINITION 22

that eerie sense that "ive experienced this before" cues from

the current situation may subconsciously trigger retieval of

an earlier experience

TERM 23

memory

construction

DEFINITION 23

when people who had seen the film at a car accident were

later asked a question, they recalled a more serious accident

than they had saw.

TERM 24

misinformation effect

DEFINITION 24

incorporating misleading information into ones memory of an

event

TERM 25

what is the source of

amnesia

DEFINITION 25

attributing to the wrong source an even we have experienced

heard about, read or imagened is at the ehart of many false

memories

what does the hypothalamus control

hunger, blood vessels supply the hypothalamus

TERM 32

define set

point

DEFINITION 32

the point at which an individuals weight thermostat is

supposedly set. when it falls below this weight an increase in

hunger and a lowered metabolic rate

TERM 33

what learning occurs whena person becomes

violently ill from food

DEFINITION 33

aversion

TERM 34

what is unit bias

DEFINITION 34

size affects consumtion A.portion size B. size of plates,

bowls, serving utensils

TERM 35

what do cultures idealize, that seems to

provide an explanation for the occurrence of

anorexia nervosa within them

DEFINITION 35

tall very thing, fit people and makes people want to look like

that so they do anything they can do to look alike

when would a culture view ovesity as a

positve sign

german and british

TERM 37

how have our diets changed from the early

1900s and with what effect on out health

DEFINITION 37

we are eating higher fats, higher sugar diets, expending

fewer calories, and suffering from higher reates of diabetes

at a younger age.

TERM 38

when does a woman have the highest

estrogen level during her monthly cycle

DEFINITION 38

levels peak during ovulation

TERM 39

sexually active tens are also typically

involved wih what oher high risk activity

DEFINITION 39

STD'S

TERM 40

why are evaluations from informal interviews

not a good predictor of future job

performance

DEFINITION 40

they are no good becasue i does not show how they work, or

their knowledge

social leadership style

group oriented leadership that builds teamwork, mediates

conflicts, and offers support

TERM 47

transformational leadership

DEFINITION 47

modivates otehrs to identify with and commit them selves to

the groups mission

TERM 48

recency error

DEFINITION 48

occurs when raters focus only on easily remembered recent

behavior

TERM 49

task leadership

DEFINITION 49

goal oriented leadership that sets standards, organizes work,

and focuses attention on goals.

TERM 50

personality

DEFINITION 50

an individuals characteristic pattern of thining, feeling and

acting

free association

a method of exploring the unconscious in which the person

relaxes and says whatever comes to mind

TERM 52

repression

DEFINITION 52

the basic defense mechanism that banishes anziety,

arousing thoughts, feeling and memories from consciousness

TERM 53

superego

DEFINITION 53

the part of personalty that according to freud, represents

internalized ideals and provides standards for judgement and

for future aspirations

TERM 54

what was the most erogenous zone during

earliest infancy according to freud

DEFINITION 54

phallic stage

TERM 55

oedipus complex

DEFINITION 55

according to freud a boy's sexual desires towards his mother

and feelings of jealousy, and hatred for teh rival father

humanism

healthy people stive for self determination and self

realization

TERM 62

self

actualization

DEFINITION 62

one of the ultimate psych needs that arises after basic

physical and psych needs are met and self esteem is

achieved the motivation to fulfill ones potential--maslow

TERM 63

define unconditinal positive regard

DEFINITION 63

an attitude of total acceptance toward another person--

rogers

TERM 64

what is a criticism of humaistic

DEFINITION 64

people are good and have room for imporvement

TERM 65

define traits and give an example

DEFINITION 65

patternof behavior or a dispoition to feel and act as assessed

by self report inventories and peer

define autonomic nervous system reactivity

as it affects traits

the part of the peripheral nervous system that controls the

glands and the muscles of the internal organs. its

sympathetic division arouses; its prarasympathetic divisoin

calms

TERM 67

describe a person who sows the trait of being

conscientious

DEFINITION 67

organized careful disciplined

TERM 68

social cognitive perspective

DEFINITION 68

views behavior as influneced by the interaction between

people, traits and their social context

TERM 69

define reciprocal effect and give an example

DEFINITION 69

the tineracting influences of behaviors, internal cognition and

environment

TERM 70

define an internal locus of control and give an

example

DEFINITION 70

the perception that you control your own fate example how

well you do in school