Chapter 6 Everyday Memory Flashcards
6.1 What is Memory?
a system and processes involved in encoding, storing and retrieving information
6.1short term memory
- limited capacity and short duration
- information fades if not attended to or moved to Long term memory
6.1Long term memory
- vast capacity, long duration
- information is stored in and retrieved from long-term storage.
6.2 definition of fallible
memories can be lost of distorted
6.2 mnemonic strategies
method of loci and visualization
6.2 Method of Loci
A memory technique in which a person imagines walking through a familiar space, such as their house, and placing different pieces of information at each location.
6.2 Visualization
creating novel mental images to represent aspects of the encoded information
6.3 Encoding
multi-stage process that allows us ultimately to store memories in long-term memory.
6.3 Encoding stages
sensory memory
ionic memory
6.3 sensory memory
a highly detailed but short lived impressions of sensory information
6.3 ionic memory
visual sensory memory is one type of sensory memory
6.3 Encoding startegies
chunking, elaboration
6.3 chunking
organizing stream of dat (letters, numbers, words into meaningful combination)
6.3 Metamemory
an understanding of how our own memory works which helps us use these strategies more efficiently
6.3 Elaboration
linking the material you are trying to learn to knowledge already in your long-term memory
6.3 Depth of encoding
depends on what you attend to during encoding.
- shallow encoding
- intermediate encoding
- deep encoding
6.3 shallow encoding
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