CH3.1 and 3.2 Memory and Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Question 1

sensory memory includes iconic and echoic memory–what are they

Answer 1

Iconic memory is the visual sensory memory register pertaining to the visual domain and a fast-decaying store of visual information. It is a component of the visual memory system which also includes visual short-term memory and long-term memory.

echoic memory - hearing based
decays quickly

Question 2

semantic encoding

Answer 2

interconnection between sensory memory and short term working memory

Question 3

retrieval

Answer 3

moving memory from long term to short term

Question 4

retroactive interference

Answer 4

learning new info can make it hard to learn older info

Question 5

proactive interference

Answer 5

harder to learn info bc of previous preconcieved notion