Unit 3: Memory and Motivation

3. theory: ...of needs; basic needs must be met before a person can experience personal growth.
5. inattentive or shallow encoding of events
9. misremember the time, place, person, or circumstance involved with a memory.
13. changing of memories over time to be consistent with current beliefs or attitudes
14. refers to factors of differing strength that energize, direct, or sustain behaviour.
15. ...memory; manipulating information to keep it ready for use (ex: chunking)
16. unwanted memories recur when they are not desired
19. ...memories; a recollection of something (memory) that did not happen or recalling a distorted version of it.
20. maintaining information
21. transformation of sensory inout into neural code
22. misleading information can affect memory of an event.
25. anything that helps you access a memory
26. accessing encoded info when needed

1. vivid memories like a “flash photo” capturing the moment you first learned surprising news.
2. LT motivation: belief in one’s ability to succeed.
4. theory:...arousal; the amount if excitement, stimulation, fright (arousal) depends on the individual.
6. learning aids to help retrieval; (usually to help remember a list)
7. inaccurate portrayal of past events
8. LT motivation: the need or desire to do well relative to standards of excellence.
10. theory:...principle; seek pleasure, avoid pain
11. theory:...reduction; motivation is the process of satisfying needs (reducing drives) to maintain homeostasis.
12. inability to access memory from long-term storage
17. ...attention; ability to direct mental resources to relevant information in order to process that information further, while also ignoring irrelevant information
18. ...memory; information organized and indexed
23. LT motivation: should be challenging, encouraging effort, persistence, and concentration.
24. “blanking” tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon: temporarily unable to retrieve a memory