Types of Memory
This type of memory stores general knowledge and facts.
What is semantic memory?
This type of retrieval involves identifying information from a set of choices.
What is recognition?
This theory suggests that memory fades over time if not used.
What is the decay theory?
This type of memory holds auditory information briefly.
What is echoic memory?
Remembering the first and last items in a list best describes this effect.
What is the serial positioning effect?
This type of long-term memory allows you to remember personal experiences.
What is episodic memory?
Learning something again takes less time due to this memory effect.
What is relearning?
Old and new memories can compete, causing this effect.
What is interference?
This type of attention involves focusing on one thing while ignoring distractions.
The tendency to remember the first items in a list
What is the primacy effect?
Muscle memory and skills, like riding a bike, rely on this type of memory.
What is procedural memory?
This term describes when a stimulus unconsciously influences memory retrieval
What is priming?
New information makes it harder to recall old information.
What is retroactive interference?
This type of attention involves multitasking.
What is divided attention?
The tendency to remember the last items in a list.
What is the recency effect?
This type of memory helps you remember to do things in the future, like taking medicine.
What is prospective memory?
These stimuli help access stored memories more easily.
What are retrieval cues?
Old memories disrupt the learning of new information.
What is proactive interference?
Processing information deeply by making meaningful connections improves retention.
What is deep processing?
The idea that memory is best when encoding and retrieval conditions match.
What is encoding specificity?
This type of memory is activated unconsciously and affects behavior without awareness
What is implicit memory?
The self-reference effect improves memory by relating information to this.
What is yourself/myself?
Extremely vivid memories of emotional events are called this.
What is flashbulb memory?
The idea that memory is better when you focus on how something applies to you
What is the self-reference effect?
This term describes our ability to hold and manipulate information in real time.
What is working memory?