Storage retrieval Flashcards
Recognition
Usually tested by multiple choice questions, if you were given
Cued recall
Cued recall is the retrieval of memory with the help of cues.
Long term memory
Long-term memory refers to the storage of information over an extended period.
Short term memory
Short-term memory has a fairly limited capacity; it can hold about seven items for no more than 20 or 30 seconds at a time.
Examples of short term memory
where you parked your car this morning, what you had for lunch yesterday, and remembering details from a book that you read a few days ago
Examples of long term memory
Dates such as birthdays, graduations, weddings, and work skills you learned in your first job out of school.
Free recall
a subject is presented and a list of to-be-remembered items, one at at time. it is called a free recall task because the subject is free to recall the items in any order that he or she desires.
