Memory Review

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Across
  1. 2. dependent memory based on the environment; recall happens best in the same place as when you learned
  2. 4. a type of processing that allows us to make memory meaningful, encoding semantically
  3. 6. effect where distributed practice leads to better long-term retention than massed practice
  4. 7. retention of learned skills, aka procedural memory
  5. 10. interference in which the new information disrupts recall of old information
  6. 11. a key memory researcher in the area of distorted memory and the misinformation effect
  7. 15. effect that we remember words at the beginning of a list best
  8. 16. organizing items into familiar and manageable units
  9. 17. a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
  10. 18. process of getting memory out of storage
Down
  1. 1. a neural basis for learning and memory
  2. 3. a measure of memory tested on fill in the blank or short answer questions
  3. 5. a measure of memory tested on multiple choice or matching
  4. 6. explicit memory of facts and general knowledge
  5. 8. plays a key role in forming and storing implicit memory and motor learning
  6. 9. a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli
  7. 12. works with frontal lobes to help process explicit memories
  8. 13. inability to form new memories after brain damage or trauma
  9. 14. a relatively infinite and permanent memory storehouse