Forgetting and Memory Improvement. Recognition vs. Recall  Recognition: identifying objects or events that have been encountered before (multiple choice.

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Forgetting and Memory Improvement

Recognition vs. Recall  Recognition: identifying objects or events that have been encountered before (multiple choice test)  Recall: bringing it back to your conscious mind (essay test)  Harry Bahrick: the ability to recognize familiar faces remains strong & lasting

Amnesia  Severe memory loss caused by brain injuries, shock, fatigue, illness or repression  Dissociative Amnesia: caused by severe psychological trauma  Infantile Amnesia: inability to remember events that occurred during one’s early years (before age 3)

Amnesia  Anterograde Amnesia: inability to form new memories because of a brain trauma  Retrograde Amnesia: the failure to remember events that occurred prior to physical trauma

Mnemonic Devices  Improves memory  associate with peg words — something already stored  make up a story  chunk — acronyms  ROYGBIV  Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally  30 Days Has September, April, June & November

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