This is the memory of experiences in our own lives.
What is episodic memory?
100
The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system is called ______________ memory.
What is long-term memory?
100
______ is the ability of someone to identify an object, situation, or idea as one he or she has or has not experienced before
What is recognition and recall?
100
Semantic memory falls under this larger category of memory.
What is long-term memory?
100
This type of memory involves remembering something that you need to do in the future.
What is prospective memory?
200
This type of memory involves items, events, etc. that you were aware of and can consciously recall.
What is declarative (or explicit) memory?
200
These are the three types of memory according to the Atkinson-Shiffrin model.
What are sensory, short-term, and long-term?
200
This is the stage of memory when information is successfully brought to mind from storage.
What is retrieval?
200
The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information.
What is retroactive interference?
200
Your consciously activated but limited-capacity memory is called _______________ memory.
What is working memory?
300
These are learned motor skills that do not require conscious recollection.
What is procedural memory?
300
This is the process of grouping items together to make them easier to remember
What is chunking?
300
This type of memory involves sight and hearing along with the other senses.
What is sensory memory?
300
Echoic memory stores information from this sensory input.
What is auditory?
300
You can only hold this type of memory for a fraction of a second.
What is sensory memory?
400
This is when we don’t remember every detail of a story, so we fill in the gaps with “made-up” information that may be wrong.
What is confabulation?
400
This is the second stage of the three memory processes.
What is storage?
400
People use these patterns of letters or ideas to help them remember things. An example would be the 21st amendment made it legal to buy and sell alcohol
What are mnemonic devices?
400
Incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event is called ____________.
What is the misinformation effect?
400
This memory technique involves making personal connections to the material to be learned.
What is self-referent encoding?
500
This is a technique used to store information in your short-term memory for a longer period of time, but is unlikely to encode it into long-term memory.
What is maintenance rehearsal?
500
This type of memory deals with specific facts.
What is semantic memory?
500
This is the processing of incoming information so that it is available for storage in memory.
What is encoding?
500
Recorded information played during sleep is registered by the ears but is not remembered. This illustrates that the retention of information requires ____________.
What is effortful processing?
500
Iconic memory stores information from this sensory input.