Process of getting information out of memory storage.
What is retrieval?
100
The conscious repetition of information.
What is rehearsal?
100
The encoding of sound, especially the sound of words.
What is acoustic encoding?
100
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units.
What is chunking?
200
Relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system, including knowledge, skills, and experiences.
What is long term memory?
200
Activated memory that holds a few items briefly/
What is short term memory?
200
Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort.
What is effortful processing?
200
The encoding of picture images.
What is visual encoding?
200
Momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli.
What is iconic memory?
300
Processing of information into the memory system.
What is encoding?
300
A newer understanding of short term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory.
What is working memory?
300
The tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practince.
What is spacing effect?
300
A pworful aid to effortful processing, especially when combined with semantic encoding.
What is imagery?
300
Momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli.
What is echoic memory?
400
Retention of encoded information over time.
What is storage?
400
The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously.
What is parallel processing?
400
Our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list.
What is serial position effect?
400
The negative emotion recalled from bad events fades more rapidly than the positive emotion recalled from good events.
What is rosy retrospection?
400
Clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.
What is flashbulb memory?
500
Immediate, very brief recording of sensory information into the memory system.
What is sensory memory?
500
Unconscious encoding of incidental information.
What is automatic processing?
500
Encoding of meaning.
What is semantic encoding?
500
Of these, vivid imagery and organizational devices are the most powerful.
What are mnemonics?
500
Increase in a synapse's firing potential after brif, rapid stimulation.