psych-facts:

my-lexicon:

• Retrograde amnesia – Loss of memory for events that occurred after the onset of the amnesia.
• Anterograde amnesia – Loss of memory for events that occur after the onset of the amnesia.
• Recall – Person asked to recall information to which the person has been previously exposed. Ex: Fill in the blank test
• Free recall – Recall information in any order.
• Serial recall – Recall information in order presented. Ex: Months of the year
• Cued recall – Provide retrieval cue for information to be recalled. Ex: Cat/dog, boy/girl
• Recognition – Person asked to identify previously experienced material. >retrieve information store in memory >match memory with the material to be recognized >multiple choice test is an example of recognition
• Relearning – Change in performance that occurs when one is required to learn material for a second time. >almost always requires fewer trials than the first original learning

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