Ch. 7 Flashcards
Any indication that learning has persisted over time
Memory
Proposes that information passes through 3 stages before it is stored in the brain
Information-processing model
Explains why we remember via explaining how deeply the memory was processed/thought about
Levels of processing model
The split seconds holding tank for incoming sensory information
Sensory memory
A split-second perfect photograph of a scene
Iconic memory
We encode what is important to us
Selective attention
An equally brief memory for sound
Echoic memory
Working memory; An activated memory that hold a few items briefly, such as a phone number while calling before it is forgotten
Short-term memory
To chunk, or group, certain items together in order to rehearse it/retain it better
Chunking
Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices
Mnemonic devices
When you repeat something in order to retain in in your short-term memory or solidify it in your long term memory
Rehearsal
Permanent, unlimited storage
Long-term memory
Memories of specific events, stored in a sequential series of events
Episodic memory
General knowledge of the world, stored as facts, meanings or categories, rather than sequentially
Semantic memory
Memories of skills and how to perform them
Procedural memory
What we usually think of first; conscious memories of facts/events we actively try to remember
Explicit memory
Unintentional memories that we many not realize we have
Implicit memory
Having a very good memory, rare, being able to have enduring visual images
Eidetic/photographic memory
Getting information out of a memory so we can use it
Retrieval
The process of matching current events/fact with one already in memory
Recognition
