Unit 3: Memory and Motivation

2. LT motivation: belief in one’s ability to succeed.
5. ...and belonging; love acceptance, friendship, social interaction
8. theory:...reduction; motivation is the process of satisfying needs (reducing drives) to maintain homeostasis.
9. misleading information can affect memory of an event.
12. misremember the time, place, person, or circumstance involved with a memory.
14. ...memories; a recollection of something (memory) that did not happen or recalling a distorted version of it.
15. ...attention; ability to direct mental resources to relevant information in order to process that information further, while also ignoring irrelevant information
18. living to one's full potential, achieving personal dreams and aspirations
20. transformation of sensory inout into neural code
21. good self-opinion, accomplishments, reputation
22. theory:...arousal; the amount if excitement, stimulation, fright (arousal) depends on the individual.
23. LT motivation: the need or desire to do well relative to standards of excellence.
24. LT motivation: should be challenging, encouraging effort, persistence, and concentration.
26. ...memory; manipulating information to keep it ready for use (ex: chunking)
28. theory: ...of needs; basic needs must be met before a person can experience personal growth.
30. anything that helps you access a memory
31. learning aids to help retrieval; (usually to help remember a list)

1. refers to factors of differing strength that energize, direct, or sustain behaviour.
3. vivid memories like a “flash photo” capturing the moment you first learned surprising news.
4. changing of memories over time to be consistent with current beliefs or attitudes
6. unwanted memories recur when they are not desired
7. “blanking” tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon: temporarily unable to retrieve a memory
10. LT motivation: ...gratification; the ability to resist an immediate reward.
11. theory:...principle; seek pleasure, avoid pain
13. accessing encoded info when needed
16. maintaining information
17. inability to access memory from long-term storage
19. food, water, oxygen, sleep, warmth
23. inattentive or shallow encoding of events
24. LT motivation: a deep passion and willingness to continue to work toward a goal despite hardships and pitfalls.
25. inaccurate portrayal of past events
27. security, protection, freedom from threats, shelter
29. ...memory; information organized and indexed