Memory Sucks! Flashcards
(32 cards)
Encoding Failure
Can’t remember
Encode
“Your memory’s are only as good as your decoding!”
Store
To store your member and go back to when need.
Retrieve / Retrieval Failure
Can’t remember you best friends name at that point of time.
Sensory Memory
Memory for material after only a very brief exposure, last only 1-3 sec.
Iconic
A visual memory- Visual member in 3 sec.
Echoic
Auditor memory by hearing. Listen in 3 sec.
[Sensory Memory]
7x -2 Cap 20 Sec.
[Short Term Memory]
7+ -2 20 Sec. 30 Sec. Max
[Long Term Memory]
- Unlimited It’s a lot of long term memory
Short-Term Memory
Short-Term Memory- Called the “working memory,” capacity is 7+/-2(5-9), duration: 20 seconds, 30 seconds max
- Short term memory also called working memory.
Long-Term Memory
Long-Term Memory- Seemingly unlimited in duration and capacity
- The Longest length of time for short term memory is 20 sec. Max 30 sec. - The max of chucks of information is seven!
Chunking
Chunking- A mnemonic technique to improve recall “Homes” the Great Lake names!
- 7 things of information “chunk together to remember better!”
Rehearsal
Rehearsal- Repeating information over and over again in order to get it into long term memory
& it’s a Long-Term Memory- Seemingly unlimited in duration and capacity
Recognition
A test of memory requiring the ability of identify
Recall
A test of memory requiring the ability to retrieve stored content
Spacing Effect
Information is better retained if it is learned through distributed practice across time
Mood Congruency Effect
Mood Congruency Effect- Memories are affected by [the mood] that you happen to be in at the time of retrieval
Hippocampus
Hippocampus- Brain structure involved in the ability of form new memories.
“Be able to lay down new memories.”
Retrieval Cue
Retrieval Cue- Anything in the “environment” that triggers a memory.
State a Dependent Memory
State a Dependent Memory- Memories that are context PM- same as this dependent on in the same Physiological state
Serial Position Effect
Serial Position Effect- First and last items on list are more likely to be recalled
Primacy Effect
Primacy Effect- When recalled later, more likely to recall the first items on the list
Recency Effect
Recency Effect- When immediately recalled, more likely to remember the last items on the list
