Types of Memory
Memory system that holds information briefly after sensory impressions.
What is Sensory Memory?
The process of converting information into a form to be retained in memory.
What is Encoding?
Any stimulus that helps trigger the retrieval of a memory.
What is a Retrieval Cue?
Memory of how to perform actions or skills, like driving a car.
What is Procedural Memory?
A process of grouping numbers, letters, or words into smaller meaningful units.
What is Chunking?
Memory system used for small amounts of information for about a dozen seconds.
What is Short-term Memory (STM)?
Making memories meaningful by asking “how” and “why.”
What is Elaborative Processing?
The ability to correctly identify previously learned information, like recognizing a face.
What is Recognition?
Conscious recollection of information, like recalling what you ate for lunch.
What is Explicit Memory?
Refers to single pieces of information, such as numbers or words.
What are Information Bits?
Memory system with unlimited capacity that can hold information for long periods.
What is Long-term Memory (LTM)?
Learning by simple repetition, like reciting the alphabet.
What is Rote Rehearsal?
Remembering information with minimal external cues.
What is Recall?
Unconscious recollection that influences behavior, like riding a bike automatically.
What is Implicit Memory?
Example: remembering a phone number long enough to dial it.
What is Short-term Memory?
Remembering your 5th birthday is an example of this.
What is Episodic Memory?
Grouping similar or meaningful information together, like using acronyms.
What is Chunking?
When seeing the word “red” makes it easier to identify the word “apple.”
What is Priming?
A memory system that stores facts, names, and definitions.
What is Semantic Memory?
Example: automatically driving home without thinking about each step.
What is Procedural Memory?
Knowing that Paris is the capital of France involves this type of memory.
What is Semantic Memory?
The mental process of holding and working with information temporarily.
What is Working Memory?
Remembering a childhood event from a smell trigger.
What is Episodic Memory?
Memory that involves personal experiences tied to specific times and places.
What is Episodic Memory?
Converting a phone number into chunks to make it easier to remember.
What is Encoding?