Memory Types
This type of memory involves personal experiences, such as recalling your first day of school.
What is Episodic Memory?
This is the process of converting information into a format that can be stored in memory.
What is Encoding?
This is when you can remember something only when given specific clues.
What is a Retrieval Cue?
Repeating information over and over to store it in memory.
What is Rote Learning?
What type of memory system lasts for just a few seconds and is often fleeting?
What is Sensory Memory?
This is a type of memory that allows us to remember skills like riding a bike.
What is Procedural Memory?
Temporary memory that lasts only about a dozen seconds.
What is Short-term Memory (STM)?
The act of identifying information when you see it again, such as in a multiple-choice test.
What is Recognition?
This is actively linking new information to something you already know.
What is Elaborative Processing?
This phenomenon explains why people often remember the first and last items in a list better.
What is the Serial Position Effect?
Memory system that stores general knowledge, like knowing Paris is the capital of France.
What is Semantic Memory?
The process of grouping information into chunks to make it easier to remember.
What is Chunking?
When a hint or stimulus triggers a memory recall.
What is Priming?
A cognitive system that temporarily holds and manipulates information for tasks like solving math problems.
What is Working Memory?
According to this rule, people can typically hold about 7 items in Short-term Memory.
What is Miller’s Magic Number 7?
Type of memory that helps us identify faces.
What is Facial Recognition?
Repetitively saying or thinking information to retain it in Short-term Memory.
What is Rote Rehearsal?
Remembering an entire memory after encountering a piece of it.
What is Redintegration?
The initial moment when sensory data is stored for a brief period.
What is Sensory Memory?
This type of memory includes our habits, skills, and actions, often performed without conscious thought.
What is Procedural Memory?
The part of memory we use without consciously recalling it, like riding a bike without thinking.
What is Implicit Memory?
The large-capacity storage system that holds information for long periods.
What is Long-term Memory (LTM)?
Retrieving information without any clues, like in a short answer question.
What is Recall?
The part of memory responsible for information that we deliberately recall, like studying facts for an exam.
What is Explicit Memory?
A single unit of information, like a digit or letter, used to build memory.
What is an Information Bit?