Encoding

Question 1

automatic processing

Answer 1

enormous amount of info is processed effortlessly like space, time, and frequency

Question 2

effortful processing

Answer 2

novel info committed to memory requires effort, like learning a concept through text

Question 3

Memory Effects: Next-in-line Effect

Answer 3

When your recall is better for what other people say but just poor for a person before you

Question 4

spacing effect

Answer 4

we retain info better when our rehearsal is distributed over time

Question 5

serial position effect

Answer 5

when your recall is better for first and last terms, but poor for middle terms

Question 6

visual encoding

Answer 6

mental pictures are a powerful aid in effortfull processing

Question 7

mnemonics

Answer 7

imagery is at the heart of many memory aids

Question 8

method of loci

Answer 8

involves imagining moving through a familiar series of locating items with items to be remembered

Question 9

peg- word

Answer 9

first, memorize a jingle then associate the jingle with a list trying to remember, visualize those items

Question 10

linking method

Answer 10

involves forming a mental image of items to be remembered in a way that links them together

Question 11

chunking

Answer 11

organizing items into familiar, manageable units