Memory
This memory system holds large amounts of sensory input for a very brief duration.
What is sensory memory?
The process of transferring sensory input into a form that can be stored in memory.
What is encoding?
The process of maintaining information in memory over time.
What is storage?
The type of long-term memory responsible for knowledge of facts and concepts.
What is semantic memory?
A technique that enhances memory by organizing information into larger, meaningful units.
What is Chunking?
The initial, brief storage of sensory information before it is processed.
What is sensory memory?
proposes that memory consists of three systems that interact with each other
What is the multi-store model?
Information presented at the end of a list is more likely to be remembered.
What is the Recency Effect?
The relatively brief and limited-capacity memory system that holds information temporarily.
What is working memory?
Easily described or explained
What is explicit memory?
This method of learning emphasizes distributed practice over massed practice.
What is the Spacing Effect?
Stores information for extended periods.
What is long-term memory?
It helps to remembering skills and processes
What is Procedural Memory?
Encoding based on meaning rather than sound or appearance.
What is semantic Encoding?
Inability to recall memories from early childhood
What is infantile Amnesia