Memory Processes
Memory Types and Models
Memory Distortions & Amnesia
Encoding and Retrieval
Forgetting and Memory Errors
100

This is the process of inputting information into the memory system.

Encoding

100

The model that processes information through three systems: sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory.

Atkinson-Shiffrin model

100

This is a memory error in which you confuse the source of your information

Misattribution

100

This is the encoding of images into memory.

Visual Encoding

100

This is the loss of information from long-term memory.

Forgetting

200

The technique that involves thinking deeply about new information and how it connects to prior knowledge.

Elaborative Rehearsal 

200

This type of long-term memory includes facts and events that we personally experience.

Declarative Memory

200

The recall of false autobiographical memories is known as this.

False Memory Syndrome

200

The input of words and their meaning into memory is called this.

Semantic Encoding

200

This term refers to the failure to recall information because old memories interfere with the recall of newer ones.

Proactive Interference

300

This is the involuntary recall of unwanted memories, particularly unpleasant ones.

Persistence 

300

This is a type of declarative memory that contains information about events we have personally experienced.

Episodic Memory

300

This type of amnesia involves the loss of memory for events that occur after brain trauma.

Anterograde Amnesia

300

This refers to the encoding of informational details like time, space, and the meaning of words.

Automatic Processing

300

When new information hinders the recall of older information, it is called this.

Retroactive Interference

400

This term refers to the act of getting information out of long-term memory storage and bringing it into conscious awareness.

Retrieval

400

This memory system involves making skilled actions, such as knowing how to drive or swim.

Procedural Memory

400

A clear recollection of an important event, often with vivid detail, is referred to as this.

Flashbulb Memory

400

This refers to the ability to identify previously learned information after encountering it again, often with a cue.

Recognition

400

The process of bringing up old memories that may be distorted by new information is called this.

Reconstruction

500

This is the process of organizing information into manageable bits or chunks.

Chunking

500

The theory that some parts of the brain can compensate for damaged parts in forming and storing memories.

Equipotentiality hypothesis

500

This condition is the loss of memory for events that occurred prior to brain trauma

Retrograde Amnesia

500

This is the term for the encoding of sounds, words, and music.

Acoustic Encoding

500

This term refers to a memory error where unused memories fade over time.

Transience

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