Explicit and Implicit Memory
Memory used to remember what did for your birthday party or what you did on the weekend
What is episodic memory?
During a violent crime, the victim of the crime is most likely to remember this part of the crime in detail
What is a weapon?
Type of memory used to store audio information
What is echoic memory?
Working memory is often compared to this object
What is a sketchpad?
Too many memories associated with one cue makes it harder to recall memories
What is the fan effect?
Memory used to speed up your ability of certain tasks after repetitive actions
What is priming?
These are used to change what people remember about an event, such as changing a stop sign to a yield sign after the event.
What is misinformation?
Type of memory used to store visual information
What is iconic memory?
Working memory can be used to store this number of items
What is 5-9 items?
When you have a psychology test on Thursday and you study on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday instead of Wednesday night
What is spaced practice?
Memory used to remember that Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine or that Ottawa is the capital of Canada
What is semantic memory?
Memory of personal, historical and cultural events are remembered more vividly between the ages of 15-30
What is reminiscence bump?
These are the two actions that can happen to sensory information
What is discarded or processed?
Items are harder to remember in working memory when they have this similar quality
What is sound?
When you rate the pleasantness of items instead of the colour or sound
What is deep processing?
Memory used to remember to attach a file to an email or mail a letter to a friend
What is prospective memory?
Memories that have great confidence for the recaller because of their significance, but are actually poorly remembered
What is flashbulb memory?
Amount of time audio memory can be stored for
What is 1-2 seconds?
Method to aid in memorization that organizes information into meaningful parts
What is chunking?
When you call your new boyfriend Geoff, but his name is Leon. But Geoff is your old boyfriend's name...
What is proactive interference?
Memory used to remember how to play the piano or type on a keyboard
What is procedural memory?
Adjective used to describe how memories can be changed after the event
What is malleability?
Amount of time visual memory can be stored for
What is 150-500 milliseconds?
Memory aid that uses physical spaces in the mind to hold objects being memorized
What is memory palace?
When you try to remember what movie you watched last month, but you can only remember watching Antman yesterday...
What is retroactive interference?