Ch. 9 Flashcards
Mnemonic devices
Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices.
Rosy retrospection
People recall events more positively than they evaluated them at the time they occurred.
Chunking
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically.
Hierarchies
Broad concepts divided and subdivided into narrower concepts and facts.
The method of Loci
In Ancient Greece, it was a way to visually map out what they were gonna say in a speech.
Storage
The process by which information is maintained over a period of time.
Sensory memory
Very brief memory storage immediately following initial reception of a stimulus. Our senses hold onto memories for fractions of a second.
Iconic and echoic memory
Iconic memory
Visual sensory memory that lasts for 1 or 2 seconds.
Echoic memory
Auditory sensory memory that lasts for 3 to 4 seconds.
Memory
The persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information
A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
Flashbulb memories
The processing of info into the memory system- for example, by extracting meaning.
Encoding
The process of getting information out of memory storage
Retrieval
Activated memory that holds a few items briefly. Before the info is stored and forgotten.
Short term memory
Long term memory
Relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences.
Explicit memory and implicit memory
