Memory Processes
What is it called when while studying, you highlight key words to get them into your brain.
What is encoding?
What is it called when you briefly remember the smell of popcorn after walking past a movie theater.
What is sensory memory?
What is when you memorize the digits 2, 4, and 7 separately.
What are information bits?
What is it called when the smell of sunscreen reminds you of summer vacation.
What is a retrieval cue?
What memory is it called when you figure out a new puzzle by holding the pieces in your mind while planning moves.
What is working memory?
What is when you say your locker combo out loud until you reach your locker.
What is rote rehearsal?
What memory is when you remember a phone number just long enough to dial it.
What is short-term memory?
What is when you turn the numbers 2065550909 into 206-555-0909 to remember them easier.
What is chunking?
What is it called when you answer an essay question about memory from scratch.
What is recall?
What memory is when you remember your friend’s birthday party by picturing what you did there.
What is episodic memory?
What is when you connect “hippocampus” to “hippos have great memories” to help remember it.
What is elaborative processing?
What memory is it when you still remember your childhood address years later.
What is long-term memory?
What is when you consciously recall the definition of “photosynthesis” for your test?
What is explicit memory?
What is it called when you identify a familiar song when it starts playing on the radio.
What is recognition?
What is it called when smelling your favorite perfume reminds you of walking into your grandma’s house.
What is retrieval cue?
What is when you do math in your head while remembering the numbers you just calculated.
What is working memory?
What is the memory when you know that George Washington was the first U.S. president.
What is semantic memory?
What is when you automatically know how to type on a keyboard without looking.
What is implicit memory?
What is it called when you see the word "yellow" and it makes you think of a banana.
What is priming?
What memory is it called when you remember that “Photosynthesis is how plants make food” without thinking about seeing it before.
What is semantic memory?
What is when you know how to play the piano without consciously recalling each step.
What is procedural memory?
What is the memory when you can remember the feeling of blowing out candles at your 10th birthday party.
What is episodic memory?
What is when you connect a history fact to a movie you watched to make it easier to remember later.
What is elaborative processing?
What is it called when you can't remember your neighbor's name, but you know that you know it.
What is retrieval failure
What is it called when you repeat your grocery list out loud several times to remember it.
What is rote rehearsal?