Definitions
The nervous system's ability to obtain & retain information & skills for later retrieval.
Memory
Organizing information into smaller, more meaningful units.
Chunking
Losing the ability to access memories from the past: past events, people, facts, personal information.
Retrograde Amnesia
Detailed & vivid memories about a serious, consequential or emotional event.
Flashbulb memories
What is Donald Broadbent's filter theory?
We selectively attend to important information and filter out irrelevant information.
The brain changes information into a meaningful neural code that it can use
Encoding
A memory store that briefly holds a limited amount of information in awareness (for about 20 to 30 seconds); it can only store 7 items (+/-2) at any one time
Short Term Storage
People losing the ability to make new memories.
Anterograde Amnesia
Being able to quickly recall a company's logo, mascot or slogan without even knowing it.
Implicit Memory
What is a mnemonic?
Learning strategies that use retrieval cues to improve memory: HOMES, ROY G. BIV, My Very Excellent Mom Just Served Us Nachos (planets of the solar system), poems, songs, etc.
The retention of information in the brain over time.
Storage
By repeating something over and over again, you can encode it into your long term storage.
Maintenance Rehearsal
Storing personal experiences in your long term memory (your favorite vacation, what you did last weekend, etc.) are examples of this
Explicit Memory; more specifically, episodic memory
Remembering how to tie your shoe, ride a bike, and drive a car are examples of this type of memory.
Procedural Memory
What is memory bias?
The act of accessing stored information when it is needed.
Retrieval
Working with a partner to teach someone about a topic/idea is a way to process, organize & elaborate information on a deeper level
Elaborative Rehearsal
Remembering facts: pi = 3.14, Halloween happens every October 31st, 2+2 = 4, the letters of the alphabet, are examples of this.
Explicit Memory, specifically semantic memory
A certain song, smell, or a physical location can suddenly trigger a memory. These are examples of _____ _______.
retrieval cues
What is misattribution?
You misremember the time, place, person, or circumstances surrounding a memory.
Memories that are stored for only a few seconds, based on your sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing.
Sensory Storage
Prospective Memory
The inability to access memories from long-term storage.
Forgetting
Access to older memories is impaired by newer memories.
Retroactive interference
What is a false memory?
Confusing a real memory with the mental image of an event you imagined.