7A.2.1 Flashcards
Automatic processing
Unconscious encoding of incidental information
Effortful processing
Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
Rehearsal
The conscious reputation of either to maintain it in consciousness it to encode it for storage
Spacing effect
The tendency for distributed study it practice to yield better long-teen retention than is achieved through massed study or practice
Serial position effect
Our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list
Visual encoding
The encoding of picture images
Acoustic encoding
The encoding of sound, especially the sound of words
Semantic encoding
The encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words
Imagery
Mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing g, especially when combined with semantic encoding
Mnemonics
Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices
Chunking
Organizing Irma into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically
Parallel processing
The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously