memory Flashcards
(34 cards)
flashbulb memories
clear memory of emotional event
memory
how you store information in order to use it later on
examples of flash bulb memories?
when predifent kennedy was assassinated
- 9/11
implicit memory?
do not know you are doing smething
ex of implicit memory ?
walking, speaking
explicit memory?
facts and experiences one can consciously known
ex of exlioxit memory ?
what you learn in class
in building a memory we tend to: select what is important discard what is not important process what is necessary to undertand info store the info?
information processing
sensory memory says ???
throw out or keep it
short term memory?
holds little information
long term memory?
permanent and limitless storage of memory
serial position effect?
we recall first and last information
end of list is in ???
short term
after a delay , recall is best for ???
first words
recency effect???
remembering what you heard last because it is the most recent
automatic processing???
uncousnios encoding of incidental info
ex of automatic prosesing?
recalling place on textbook page for an answer
automatic prossing occurs with little ??? and dosen’t ??? with other things
effort
interfere
effortful prossesing?
put effort into remember something
some types of info require ??? and ??? also
effort
attention
ex of effortful processing
learning new names
visual encoding exple?
encoding images
acoustic encoding?
encoding sounds or someone speaking
meaningful encoding???
easier to learn meaningful things then nonsense