Unit 5: Cognitive Psychology Flashcards
Examining the complex nature of how memory, intelligence, and other mental processes impact human behavior. (89 cards)
What is memory?
The persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information.
What is recognition?
A measure of memory in which the person identifies items previously learning, as on a multiple-choice test.
What is recall?
A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learning earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test.
What is encoding?
The process of getting information into the memory system–for example, by extracting meaning.
What is relearning?
A measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again.
What is retrieval?
The process of getting information out of memory storage.
What is storage?
The process of retaining encoded information over time.
What is parallel processing?
Processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain’s natural mode of information processing for many functions.
What is sensory memory?
The immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system.
What is short-term memory?
Activated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as digits of a phone number while calling, before the information is stored or forgotten.
What is long-term memory?
The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system; includes knowledge, skills, and experiences.
What is working memory?
A newer understanding of short-term memory that adds conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory.
What is explicit memory?
What is effortful processing?
What is automatic processing?
What is implicit memory?
What is iconic memory?
What is echoic memory?
What is chunking?
What are mnemonics?
What is the spacing effect?
What is the testing effect?
What is shallow processing?
What is deep processing?
