Memory I
Three types of memory
Episodic, Semantic, Procedural
Shocking news or experiencing something with deep meaning
Flashbulb Memories
The 2 types of people that were looking at houses during our schema experiment
Burglar, Buyer
Way to remember terms when studying. Involves abbreviations
Acronyms
How much does the average brain weigh?
3 lbs
Flashbulb Memory
Episodic
The process by which we recollect prior experiences and information and skills learned in the past
Memory
The inability of adults to retrieve episodic memories before the age of 2–4 years
Infantile Amnesia
Mental Maps
Schemas
Retrieving information from memory without help
Recall
Bike riding, swimming, playing piano type of memory
Procedural Memory
Our brains organize objects according to common features
Organizational Systems
Our ability to remember information is subject to error
Filing Errors
Consists of locating stored information and returning it to conscious thought
Retrieval
"I am good with faces, bad with names."
Recognition Retrieval
Memory of general facts and knowledge. Also called generic memory
Semantic Memory
Sensation that a current experience or place seems familiar
Deja Vu
Translation of information into a form in which it can be stored
Encoding
The maintenance of encoded information over a period of time
Storage
Relating information to information already known
Elaborative Rehearsal
Tendency to remember something better when you're in the same place where you learned it
Context-Dependent Memory
The idea that people are more likely to remember information when they are in the same internal state
State-Dependent Memory
Tendency to recall memories that are consistent with one's current mood
Mood-Congruent Memory
3 Processes of Memory
Encoding, Storage, Retrieval
Repeating information over and over again
Maintenance Rehearsal