Memories as types and stages Flashcards
Central executive
The part of working memory that directs attention and processing
Chunking
The process of organizing information into smaller groupings (chunks), thereby increasing the number of items that can be held in STM
Classical conditioning effects
We learn, often without effort or awareness, to associate neutral stimuli (such as a sound or a light) with another stimulus (such as food), which creates a naturally occurring response, such as enjoyment or salivation
Echoic memory
Auditory sensory memory
Eidetic imagery
When people can report details of an image over long periods of time (also known as photographic memory)
Episodic memory
The ability to learn and retrieve new information or episodes in one’s life.
Explicit memory
Knowledge or experiences that can be consciously remembered
Iconic memory
Visual sensory memory
Implicit memory
A type of long-term memory that does not require conscious thought to encode. It’s the type of memory one makes without intent.
Long-term memory
Storage of information over an extended period
Maintenance rehearsal
The process of repeating information mentally or out loud with the goal of keeping it in memory.
memory stages
Sensory, short-term, and long-term
Priming
The activation of certain thoughts or feelings that make them easier to think of and act upon
Procedural memory
Our often unexplainable knowledge of how to do things
Recall memory
A measure of explicit memory that involves bringing from memory information that has previously been remembered
