Memory Flashcards
encoding
shallow, repetition structured
information processing
encoding: input
Storage: keep it
retrieval: access it
phonemic
listens to what a word sounds like
Semantic
meaning of a verbal input
sensory memory
2 to 3 seconds: visual and auditory memory
short term memory
holds up to seven items for 20 to 30 seconds
Chunking is the process of organizing thoughts and remembering more than seven things
long term memory
unlimited or permanent
semantic and episodic memory
semantic: gen. knowledge
episodic: Gen. experiences
explicit memory versus implicit memory
explicit: memory with conscious recall
implicit: memory with recall
procedural memory
memory with motor actions
flashbulb memories
clear random memories
retrospective versus prospective memory
retrospective: Remembering what you are doing
perspective: remembering what you need to do
long-term potentiation
exercise in the brain to not forget old things and learn new things
retrieval cues
memory key is to help you remember things
recall
Remembering just from memory
recognition
identifying the right memory cue
ex: identifying the correct multiple-choice answer on a test
serial position effect
remembers the first and last things learned
Loftus reconstructive memory
how question is worded changes the answer (misinformation effect)
(car crash scene)
source amnesia
remembering the information but not where came from
One – Decay
memory fades because it is not used overtime
Two- repression
traumatic memory buried into the unconscious
three – retrieval failure
not enough retrieval cues to remember the memory
four- encoding failure
never remembered the information from the learning
five- interference theory
proactive: remember old
retroactive: remember new
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