Encoding
This is the process of getting information into memory.
What is encoding?
This is the ability to get information out of long-term memory.
What is retrieval?
Memory of facts and general knowledge.
What is semantic memory?
Encoding based on meaning is called this.
What is semantic encoding?
This type of test requires no cues and asks you to retrieve information on your own.
What is recall?
Memory of personal life events.
What is episodic memory?
Encoding based on sound is known as this.
What is acoustic encoding?
This type of test provides cues and asks you to identify the correct answer.
What is recognition?
Memory for skills and actions like tying shoes.
What is procedural memory?
Encoding based on visual images is called this.
What is visual encoding?
This effect explains why we remember the first and last items in a list best.
What is the serial position effect?
These two types of memory make up explicit memory.
What are episodic and semantic memory?
This effect explains why information related to yourself is remembered better.
What is the self-reference effect?
The tendency to forget information that is not used is explained by this theory.
What is decay theory?
This type of memory is unconscious and includes skills and conditioned responses.
What is implicit memory?