Memory Techniques
Grouping items into units, like phone numbers, to make them easier to remember is known as this.
The inability to remember events from before an injury is called this type of amnesia.
Retrograde Amnesia
This type of memory holds a brief flash of sensory information from our environment.
Sensory Memory
This type of memory acts as a mental workspace, combining short- and long-term memory to solve problems.
Working Memory
This type of long-term memory is responsible for personal events and experiences.
Episodic Memory
This memory technique uses familiar places to remember items by associating them with visualized locations.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Method of Loci
When old information interferes with new learning, it’s called this type of interference.
Proactive Interference
Iconic memory, a type of sensory memory, holds this kind of information.
Visual Information
Working memory is essential for tasks like remembering instructions or performing mental math and is also called this.
Short term memory
The collection of facts, like state capitals or math rules, is stored in this long-term memory type.
Semantic Memory
This technique spreads study sessions out over time for better long-term memory retention.
Spacing Effect
This “failure” happens when memory doesn’t get stored due to lack of attention or importance.
Encoding failure
This type of memory allows you to remember sounds for 3-4 seconds even if you aren’t fully paying attention.
Echoic Memory
Working memory allows us to hold around this many items at a time, give or take a few.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
4-9 items
This type of memory helps us perform tasks like riding a bike without conscious thought.
Procedural Memory
This type of rehearsal, saying information over and over, helps keep it in short-term memory.
Rote Rehersal
This type of interference occurs when new information disrupts the recall of old information.
This sensory memory type only lasts a fraction of a second for visual stimuli.
Iconic Memory
Compared to older adults, this age group has a larger working memory capacity.
Young Adults
Episodic and semantic memory together make up this broader category of memory.
Explicit Memory
Acronyms like "HOMES" to remember the Great Lakes exemplify this memory aid.
Mnemonic Device
We often remember the first and last items in a list best, a pattern known as this.
Serial Position Effect
Sensory memory is the first stage of memory, where information enters through these senses.
Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch
This process in working memory combines information from both long-term and short-term memory to solve a problem.
Integration
This type of memory, also known as “muscle memory,” is often unconscious and relies on repetition.
Implicit Memory