Memory Flashcards
(29 cards)
Recall
Asked to repeat and try to write down as much as they can remember
Recognition
Being able to recognize if they had seen the word before
Multi-store model
Incoming info is stored in short term memory and important info can be transferred to long term
Encoding
Subject learns a list of words
Retrieval
Subjects are tested for their memory of items in encoding phase
Capacity
Humans can remember 7 plus or minus two items
Rehearsal
Easier to remember something if actively rehearsing it
Chunking
Can group information together to make it easier to remember
Primacy effect
Memory is good for items encoded early in the list
Recency effect
Recall for items said last are good
Shallow level of processing
Requires little effort
Often directed at physical characteristics
Poor memory performance
Deep level of processing
Requires more effort
Often directed at semantic characteristics
Better memory performance
Encoding specificity
Memory encodes all aspects of an experience
Fluency
The ease with which an experience is processed
Attribution
Judgement that ties together cause with effect
Lost in mall experiment
Loftus made up a fake experience to see if people remembered it, after being exposed to it a couple times, people thought it actually happened, even bizarre things
Becoming famous overnight
Wanted to see if prior exposure to name would affect the fame rating
Encoding
Info is converted for storage
Storage
Info is retained in memory
Retrieval
Info is recovered from memory when needed
Phonological loop
maintains information that can be rehearsed verbally
Encapsulates original notion of short term memory
Visuospatial sketch pad
temporarily represent and manipulate visual information
Episodic buffer
Remembering specific past epidsones
Central executive
Coordinates and manipulates information that is temporarily maintained in the buffers
