Types of Memory
Encoding
Memory Strategies
Forgetting
Misc.
100
This type of memory is used to remember parts of a process like knowing how to pedal a bicycle.
What is procedural memory?
100
This type of encoding is an effective way to remember academic course material.
What is semantic encoding?
100
This type of memory is used to identify a criminal in a lineup of suspects.
What is recognition?
100
Tip of the tongue phenomenon is a clear demonstration of a failure in this.
What is retrieval?
100
When you are unhappy while studying, you are more likely to remember if you are unhappy while taking a test.
What is state-dependent memory?
200
This is recounting a event and playing it like a movie in our heads. For example: remembering the day you started high school.
What is episodic memory?
200
Putting things into manageable groups in order to encode the information is an example of this strategy.
What is chunking?
200

Simply repeating information without finding meaning...might not be the best memory strategy for long-term

Maintenance rehearsal

200

HM could not form new long-term memories after undergoing brain surgery to treat his epilepsy suffering from....

Anterograde amnesia

200
This is a frame of reference that we use to shape how we react to a stimulus.
What is a schema?
300
This type of memory records information from vision, hearing, smell, taste, etc. This is a brief memory.
What is sensory memory?
300
These are very detailed and vivid memories as a result of a significant event, like remembering the details of 9/11.
What is a flashbulb memory?
300

This is when you form a deeper meaning with the information you are trying to learn in order to have a better/easy time to remember later

Elaborative rehearsal

300

After an accident, a woman can't remember anything about her life before the accident. Over time, her memories returned.

What is an example of retrograde amnesia?

300

Short term memory last for...

15-30 seconds

400
This is the memory that holds information for about 30 seconds.
What is short-term memory?
400
Retention of coded information over time is known as this.
What is storage?
400
ROYGBIV is an example of this.
What is a mnemonic?
400

What is Ebbinghaus's Curve of Forgetting?

largest amount forgetting first, then tapers off

400

Explain Elizabeth Loftus' work with memories

Confabulation, inaccurate eye witness testimonies

500
People with superior autobiographical memory or "photographic" memory have this type of memory.
What is eidetic memory?
500

Encoding can be hindered if there is damage to the temporal lobe this can cause.....

anterograde amnesia

500

Creating a saying or sentence about the information you need to remember using the first letter of each word as the place holder

Acrostic

500
After watching the World Series this year, you find it difficult to recall the events of last year's World Series.
What is an example of retroactive interference?
500

What are four strategies to improve memory

Mnemonic devices, Avoid studying similar material together, Distributed learning NOT massed practice, Self-reference & semantic encoding, Repetition!, Aerobic exercise, Get enough REM sleep

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