Chapter 7 Flashcards
The nervous system’s ability to obtain and retain information and skills for later retrieval.
Memory
The processing of information into a neural code that can be stored in the brain.
Encoding
The retention of information in the brain over time.
Storage
The act of accessing stored information when it is needed.
Retrieval
A memory store that very briefly holds information from the five senses.
Sensory storage
A memory store that briefly holds a limited amount of information in awareness.
Short-term storage
An active processing system that allows manipulation of different types of information to keep it for available current use
Working memory
Using working memory to organize information into meaningful units to make it easier to remember
Chunking
A memory store that allows relatively permanent retention for probably an unlimited amount of information.
Long-term storage
Using working memory processes to repeat information based on how it sounds (auditory information); provides only shallow encoding of information and less successful long-term storage
Maintenance rehearsal
Using working memory processes to think about how new information relates to yourself or your prior knowledge (semantic information); provides deeper encoding of information for more successful long-term storage
Elaborative rehearsal
A condition in which people lose the ability to access memories they had before a brain injury
Retrograde amnesia
A condition in which people lose the ability to form new memories after experience a brain injury
Anterograde amnesia
The long-term storage of conscious memories that can be verbally described
Explicit memory
A type of explicit memory that includes a person’s personal experiences
Episodic memory
