How it works
3 things your memory needs to work
What is Encoding, Storage, and Retrieval
The way we get information to our brains
What is encoding
The way we retain information
What is storage
The way information is brought back out
What is Retrieval
Failure to encode info/inattention to details/ no effort in effortful processing
What is absent mindedness
2 Ways your brain encodes information
What is automatic and effortful processing
Without conscious effort(well-learned info/Experienced and practice lead to his type pf processing)
What is Automatic Processing
Has 30 sec duration/ encodes and rehearses sensory info/ limited life
What is short-term memory
Unconscious activation of association in memory
What is Priming
Storage decay over time/ Forgetting is initially rapid, then levels off with time
What is transience
What is Explicit and Implicit Memory
With effort and attention(The amount remembered depends on the time spent learning )
What is Effortful Processing
Has infinite duration and capacity/ Stronger emotional experiences more reliable memories
What is long-term memory
Severe trauma keeps memories out of the conscious memory
What is Repression
Confusing the source of the information
What is misattribution
The feeling of having experienced a situation before, even though you know it's not possible
What is deja vu
The way you organize items into familiar, manageable units
What is chunking
Brain injury where an individual is unable to learn new information for a time period after the injury(events after injury lost/Can't learn after injury)
What is anterograde
You forget a previously learned task due to the learning of a new task(New memories disrupt old memories )
What is Retroactive Interference
The tendency for the information you learned after an event to interfere with your original memory of what happened
What is Misinformation effect
The way your brain visually encodes information
What is Mnemonic devices
Broad concepts divided and subdivided into narrower concepts
What is hierarchies
Brain injury where an individual loses memories for a time period just prior to the injury(few minutes to several years/ Can't remember old memories )
What is Retrograde Amnesia
You cannot learn a new task because of an old task that had been learned(old memories disrupt new memories)
What is Proactive Interference
Unwanted memories that people can't forget
What is Persistence