Chp 10 Flashcards
(27 cards)
Taking in and storing information.
Memory
The transforming of information so the nervous system can process it.
Encoding
The process by which information is maintained over a period of time.
Storage
The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory.
Retrieval
Very brief memory storage immediately following initial reception of stimulus.
Sensory memory
Memory that is limited in capacity to about seven items and in duration by the subjects active rehearsal.
Short-term memory
A system for remembering involving repeating information to oneself without attempting to find meaning in it.
Maintenance rehearsal
The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember.
Chunking
This refers to the fact that we are better able to recall information presented at the beginning and end of a list.
Primacy-recency effect
Information that is stored for long periods of time.
Long-term memory
Knowledge of language, including its rules, words, and meanings.
Semantic memory
Memory of ones life, including time of occurrence.
Episodic memory
Memory of and experiences that one can consciously know and declare.
Declarative memory
Memory of learned skills that does not require conscious recollection. (Learning something but not don’t remember learning it)
Procedural memory
Memory retrieval in which a person identified an object, idea, or situation as one he or she has or not experienced before.
Recognition
A measure of memory in which the person reconstructs previously learned materials.
Recall
Memory that has been simplified, enriched, or distorted, depending on an individuals experiences and attitudes.
Reconstructive memory
The act of filling in memory gaps.
Confabulation
Conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world.
Schemas
The ability to remember with great accuracy visual information on the basis of short term exposure.
Eidetic memory
The idea that we recall information more easily when we are in the same psychological or emotional state or setting as when we originally encoded the information.
State-dependent learning
Fading away of memories over time.
Decay
An earlier memory blocks you for remembering related new information.
Proactive interference
A later memory or new information blocks you from remembering information learned earlier.
Retroactive interference
