Types of Memory
Held onto just long enough to be perceived
What is Sensory Memory
Information that you remember without trying
What is Implicit Memory
Process of converting short-term memories into long-term memories
What is Memory Consolidation
Strategy of learning that makes use of smaller increments of study and practice over a longer period of time
What is Distributed Practice
Region of the brain that is important for language development
What is Wernicke's Area
Memory used by the auditory system
What is Echoic Memory
How many things you can remember in a short time (short-term memory)
What is Memory Span
The strength of a synaptic connection
What is Long-Term Potentiation (LTP)
Encoding strategies used to organize/chunk to-be-learned material in order to make it more meaningful and easier to remember
What is Mnemonic Devices
Smallest meaningful unit of sound in a language
What is Phonemes
Sensory input via the visual system
What is Iconic Memory
Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
What is Effortful Processing
Newer memories interfere with the retrieval of older memories
What is Retroactive Interference
Using the first letters of a list of to-be-learned items to create a meaningfully sentence
What is Acrostic
Two letters together that makes a sound
What is Morphemes
Sensory memory used by the sense of touch.
What is Haptic Memory
Information that you have to consciously work to remember
What is Explicit Memory
False memories that a person believes to be true
What is Pseudo-Memories
many people benefit greatly fro visualizing the information they study
What is Visual Concepts
Believed children learn language through operand conditioning
What is Skinner's Theory of Language Acquisition
The act of relating something new to something else you already know that has similarities to the new memory.
What is Semantic Encoding
Long-term major memories of specific events, situations, and experiences that you have had.
What is Episodic Memory
Vivid and detailed memories that people created during times of personal tragedy, accident, or emotionally significant world events
What is Flashbulb Memory
Learners identify a key-word that's caustically similar to the name of a person they are trying to remember
What is Face-Name Mnemonic
We are born with the inate ability to learn language
What is Noam Chomsky, Inborn Universal Grammar