Ch 6 Memory Flashcards
Repeating something over and over
Maintenance rehearsal
Relating information already stored in memory
Elaborative rehearsal
Storage of information over time
Memory storage
Holds information long enough to be processed further
Sensory memory
Auditory sensory memory; helps us experience a constant flow of info, even if the flow is interrupted
Echoic memory
Limited capacity system in which info is usually retained for as long as 30 sec
STM
Organizing individual stimuli so they will be perceived as larger units
Chunking
Rehearses auditory- verbal info
Phonological loops
Keeps track of visual info
Visual- spatial sketch pad
Integrates info from the phonological loop, visual sketch pad, and LTM
Central executive
3 components of working memory
Phonological loops
Visual spatial sketch pad
Central executive
Conscious recollection of specific facts and events that can be verbally communicated premature content- a part of your LTM that you’ll never forget
Explicit LTM
2 subtypes of explicit memory
Episodic and Semantic
Autobiographical memory
Episodic
General knowledge about the world
Semantic
2 types of implicit LTM
procedural memory and classical conditioning
Influence of past experience on later behavior, even without an effort to remember them
Implicit LTM
Gradual acquisition of skills
Procedural memory
Forming of an association between a neural stimulus and a reflex response
Classical conditioning
Facilitated response a stimulus as a result of a recent exposure to the stimulus
Priming
A general Mental model or framework for a category of info (stereotype)
Schemas
Schema for a particular type of event connection or parallel distributing processing
Scripts
Where episodic memory is stored in the brain
Frontal lobes
Where emotional memories are stored
Amygdala
Where explicit memory is stored
Temporal lobes and hippocampus
Where implicit memory is stored
Cerebellum
Better recall for first two or three items on a list
Primary effect
Better recall for the last two items on a list
Recency effect
External info that helps bring stored info to mind
Retrieval cues
A retrieval cue can serve as an effective reminder when it helps recreate the specific way in which info was initially encoded
Encoding specific principle to
The tendency for info to be better recalled when the person is in the same internal state during encoding and retrieval
State dependent memory
