(Ch.6) Memory Flashcards
People with dementia typically have a memory problem known as ________.
anterograde amnesia
The duration of iconic memory is _______ than echoic memory, but its capacity is probably ________.
shorter; smaller
Explicit memory is also called:
Declarative
The three process of memory is:
Encode, store, retrieval
A characteristic of memory in which recall is particularly good for the first items.
Primacy effects
Another name for the “working” memory is?
Short-term memory
Which model of memory proposes that the deeper a person processes information, the better it will be remembered?
levels-of-processing model
Under most circumstances, when you are intentionally trying to remember an item of information, _______________ is an easier task than _______________.
Recognition; recall
The capacity of the long-term is
Unlimited
Bits of information are combined into meaningful units so that more information can be held in short-term memory through the process of ______.
Chunking
What are the two major types of rehearsal (for moving information from short-term to long-term memory)?
Elaborative and maintenance
Flashbulb memories by-pass which stage of memory
Short-term memory
A painful memory that is said to be kept out of consciousness by psychological processes.
Repressed memories
Loss of memory for any event occurring after the injury is
Anterograde amnesia
Maintenance Rehearsal is used in which stage of memory?
Short-term
Which memory system provides us with a very brief representation of all the stimuli present at a particular moment?
Sensory memory
In the _________________ model, memory is seen as a simultaneous process, with the creation and storage of
memories taking place across a series of networks “stretched” across the brain.
Parallel distributed processing
Another term for procedural memory is
Knowledge
Which brain structure is the primary component for memory?
Hippocampus
Mental representations of categories are
Schemas
In this view, memories are literally “built” from the pieces stored away at encoding. This view is called ______________.
Constructive processing
The Internet, with its series of links from one site to many others, is a good analogy for the organization of ______________.
Long-term memory
The tendency to remember information at the end of a body of information better than the information ahead of it.
Recency effect
Methods for organizing information in order to remember them.
Mnemonic strategies
