Chapter 7 Flashcards
What is encoding?
Transformation of real world into electrical code that can be stored in brain
What is storage?
Ability to maintain information over time
What is retrieval?
The ability to access information when you need it
What is sensory memory?
A memory store for holding brief information like sights and sounds
What is short term memory?
A memory store for whatever inhibits the conscious mind
What is long term memory?
Memory of past events and facts about the world
What is working memory?
A form of memory that contains both storage and processing mechanisms
What is procedural memory?
Memories that often can’t be put into words but are memories on how to do something
What is declarative memory?
Memories that can be put into words such as events facts and word definitions
What is episodic memory?
A type of declarative memory of specific events
What is a semantic memory?
Type of declaring memory for word meanings and facts
What is amnesia?
Loss of memory typically due to brain damage
What is a schema?
A structure for long term memory for organization
What are false memories?
A recollection of a event that didn’t occur
What is the misinformation effect?
Memory phenomenon in which people falsely recap information presented after an event has taken part
