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Chapter 6 Vocabulary - Part 2

Across
An assumed change in the nervous system that reflects the impression made by a stimulus. These are said to be "held" in sensory registers.
A type of memory of events experienced by a person that take pace in the person's presence.
an acronym for the feeling that information is stored in memory although it cannot be readily retrieved. This is also called the "Feeling-of-knowing experience."
the difference between the number of repetitions originally required to learn a list and the number of repetitions required to relearn the list after a certain amount of time has elapsed.
Mental representation of information as a sequence of sounds.
A type of memory that is highly detailed and strongly emotionally elaborated because of its great and unusual significance.
The view that we may forget stored material because other learning interferes with it.
The kind of coding in which new information is related to information that is already known.
A system of memory that holds information briefly but long enough so that it can be processed further. There may be one of these for every sense.
A way of mentally representing the world. This can be a belief or an expectation that can influence the perception of persons or objects or situations; according to Piaget this is a hypothetical mental structure that permits the classification and organization of new information.
This is a measure of retention. It is usually quicker to do this than to learn initially.
Down
A clue or prompt that can be used to enable or trigger the recovery of a memory in storage.
A stimulus or group of stimuli that is perceived as a discrete piece of information
A dissociative disorder marked by loss of memory or self-identity. When this happens, skills and general knowledge are usually retained. This is thought to stem from psychological conflict or trauma.
The maintenance of detailed visual memories over several minutes.
Nonsense syllables presented in pairs in experiments that measure recall.
The type or stage of memory first encountered by a stimulus. This holds impressions briefly, but long enough so that series of perceptions are psychologically continuous.
A type of memory to perform an act in the future, as at a certain time or when a certain event occurs.
In memory theory this is the cause of information being lost from short-term memory by adding new information
A type of memory that clearly and distinctly expresses (explicates) specific information. Also called declarative memory.