Memory

Question 1

What is memory?

Answer 1

The retention of information over time

Question 2

What is encoding?

Answer 2

(Putting it in),

Question 3

What is storage?

Answer 3

(Keeping it in), Holding onto information for some period of time

Question 4

What is Retrieval?

Answer 4

(Getting it out), Using information in storage

Question 5

What is sensory memory?

Answer 5

Holds information from the senses for a very brief
duration

Question 6

What is Iconic Memory?

Answer 6

Visual sensory memory

Question 7

What is Echoic Sensory Memory?

Answer 7

Memory for what you just heard

Question 8

what is Short-term Memory?

Answer 8

The magic number 7 (± 2), Active part of memory
* Lasts up to 30 seconds

Question 9

remembering a phone number to dial is what type of memory?

Answer 9

Short-term Memory

Question 10

What is Long-term Memory?

Answer 10

Relatively permanent and limitless storehouse
of the memory system

Question 11

Procedural Memories?

Answer 11

– Implicit.,“muscle memory”
– Habits, practiced skills, like riding a bike

Question 12

Declarative Memory?

Answer 12

Explicit
– Information that is conscious and known
– Memory for Facts

Question 13

What is Episodic memory?

Answer 13

– Personal information
– Daily Activities and Events

Question 14

What is Semantic memory?

Answer 14

General Knowledge

Question 15

what is encoding specificity

Answer 15

It states that it’s easier to recall information when you are in the same context in which you memorized or studied it

Question 16

primacy and recency effect

Answer 16

When you are learning new information, you are most likely to remember the things that you study first (the primacy effect) as well as those things you study last (the recency effec

Question 17

, recall vs.
recognition

Answer 17

Recognition is the ability to recognize something you have seen before, while recall is the ability to remember something without being prompted

Question 18

Problems with eyewitness memory

Answer 18

What people see or hear after an event can
impact memory accuracy

Question 19

maintenance vs. elaborative rehearsal,

Answer 19

Maintenance rehearsal (also known as rote memorization) involves repeating information (out loud or in your head). Elaborative rehearsal is more elaborate and involves additional memory aids like mnemonic devices.