Exam Onw Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is Sensory Memory?
A memory system that very briefly stores sensory information in close to its original sensory form
Immediate memory informed by sensory input
What is Short Term Memory also known as?
Working memory
Memory that is temporarily stored and used when called upon
How is Short Term Memory reinforced?
- Rehearsal
- Attention
- Actively thinking about it
What characterizes Long Term Memory?
Longer duration and capacity
Relies on consolidation to form lasting connections
Define Implicit Memory.
Memories from past experiences expressed as responses, actions, reactions
What is Procedural Knowledge?
Goal/skilled behaviors that become automatic from consistent previous experience
What is Explicit Memory?
Known memories that can be retrieved
Define Semantic Memory.
Independent memories of facts, concepts, and categories from personal experiences
What is Episodic Memory?
Memories of past experiences attached to a date/time & place
What is the serial position effect?
The idea that long term memory and working memory are separate storage systems when recalling lists
What is the Primacy Effect?
People have a better memory for the items presented at the beginning of the list
What is the Recency Effect?
People have a better memory of the more recent items of the list (at the end)
Define Elaboration in memory encoding.
Process of deliberately relating new information to information already in memory
What does Deep encoding refer to?
Anchoring memories to richer association networks (Wider trees)
What is the Method of loci?
Mnemonic memory strategy where objects in a sequence are mentally placed in locations along a familiar route
What are Schemas?
Mental ‘templates’ that summarize what we know about certain events and situations
What does memory misattribution refer to?
The confusion of where pieces of a remembered episode are sourced from during the reconstruction phase
True or False: Memory is malleable and can be influenced when pressured.
True
What is a consideration about relying on eyewitness testimony?
Not reliable due to the malleability of memory and its susceptibility to change
Fill in the blank: The process of forming lasting connections that represent long term memory is called _______.
consolidation
