Types of Memory
Holds small amounts of information in conscious awareness for about a dozen seconds
What is Short-term memory?
Conversion of information into a form suitable for retention in memory
What is encoding?
Memory of personal experiences and specific events in your life.
What is episodic memory?
Helps you recall specific events from your past, including the context of when and where they occurred
What is Episodic memory?
The ability to do problems in your head short-term
What is working memory?
Unlimited capacity storage system that can hold information over lengthy periods of time
What is Long-term memory?
Learning by simple repetition
What is Rote Rehearsal?
A method of grouping information into larger, meaningful units to improve short-term memory.
What is chunking?
A fleeting storage system from the five senses that allows for temporary perception
What is Sensory Memory?
The retrieval of information with very minimal external sources
What is Recall?
Fleeting storage system for sensory impressions
What is sensory memory?
Linking new information to existing knowledge for deeper understanding and better memory.
What is elaborative processing?
A stimulus that helps you access or recall stored information.
What is a retrieval cue?
A stimulus that helps you access or recall stored information.
What is a retrieval cue?
Subpart of declarative memory that records impersonal knowledge about the world
What is semantic memory?
The process of breaking down large amounts of information or large tasks into smaller, more manageable parts
What is Chunking?
The ability to identify something previously learned when it’s presented again.
What is recognition?
The ability to identify something previously learned when it’s presented again.
What is recognition?
Records how to do things that require motor and performance skills
What is procedural memory?
The activation of certain memories or associations, often unconsciously, by exposure to related cues.
What is priming?
Unconscious memory of skills and how to perform tasks.
What is implicit memory?
A recollection that a person is aware of having or is consciously retrieved
What is Explicit Memory?