Ch.6 Memory
Across
- 1. A structure in the limbic system that plays an important role in the formation of new memories.
- 5. First stage of information processing.
- 6. Memory that clearly and distinctly expresses specific information
- 8. The process by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.
- 11. Mental repetition of information to keep it in memory.
- 12. A mental representation of an auditory stimulus that is held briefly in sensory memory.
- 16. Is the activation often unconsciously of certain associations in memory.
- 17. The second stage of information processing.
- 18. The tendency to recall more accurately the first and last items in a series.
- 19. Inability to recall events that occur prior to the age of 3 or so.
Down
- 2. A mental representation of a visual stimulus that is held briefly in sensory memory.
- 3. nonsense syllables presented in pairs in experiments that measure recall.
- 4. Loss of memory of personal information that is thought to stem psychological conflict or trauma.
- 5. The sensory register that briefly holds mental representations of auditory stimuli.
- 7. The third stage of information processing.
- 9. To cause information to be lost from short-term memory by adding new information.
- 10. Failure to remember events that occurred prior to physical trauma because of the effects of trauma.
- 13. Another term for short-term memory
- 14. The feeling that information is stored in memory although it cannot be readily retrieved.
- 15. The ejection of memory of anxiety-evoking ideas from conscious awareness.