Encoding
Storage
Retrieval
Forgetting
Old Topics
100

This is the reason why you only remember the beginning items of a grocery list

Primacy Effect

100

The reason you cannot remember your 1st birthday party

Infantile Amnesia

100

The act pulling data from storage is 

Retrieval

100

Unconsciously blocking out a painful memory 

Repression

100
This general term is a "mental shortcut" that saves time but can lead to inaccuracies

Heuristic

200

The reason you can only remember the end of a movie you just watched

Recency Effect

200

Learning something with your 5 senses 

Sensory memory

200

Putting your medicine near your shoes so you don't forget is an example of 

Retrieval cues

200

The belief of remembering something so vividly even though it may not be true

Imagination Inflation

200

After you arrive to your US History class from P.E. you start to remember important terms by pulling this "mental drawer"

Schema
300

The act of placing information/data into storage

Encoding

300

This type of memory is regarded as unlimited in storage

Long-term memory

300

Remembering an important math equation only because there was cues present

Recognition

300

Your friend correcting you when you sing the lyrics to song because you said the wrong lyrics

Inadequate Retrieval

300

This processing is the reason you recognize someone from your 1st period class 

Top-Down Processing. 

400
This is a high level mnemonic device that helps people remember their speeches better using spatial memory

Method of Loci

400

The reason you forget what someone told you 30 minutes ago is a direct result of which kind of memory failure

Short term memory

400

Remembering happy thoughts during Thanksgiving break because you feel joyful is 

Mood Congruent Memory

400

___ Procures the Past

Proactive Interference

400

This processing is the reason you notice rain falling on your head and hearing the thunder from inside your car

Bottom Up Processing

500

Instead of cramming, doing this will help you retain information more effectively by associating new information with old

Elaborative Rehearsal

500

Thinking about your own unique thought processes and being aware of how you learn

Metacognition

500

___ Remembers Recent

Retroactive Interference

500

This psychological perspective helps you identify issues related to your diet and breathing

Biological Perspective

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