Chapter 4- Memory and knowledge Flashcards
Consumer memory
persistence of learning over time
Sensory memory
input from five senses stored temporarily in memory
Working memory
incoming info is interpreted with existing knowledge and kept available for processing
Long term emory
info is permanently stored
episodic memory
knowledge we have about ourselves
semantic memory
General knowledge about an entity
Explicit memory
remembering something on purpose
implicit memory
remembering something not on purpose
recognition
identifying if stimuli has been encountered before
recall
retrieving info without hints
elaboration
transferring memory into long-term memory
Chunking
bits of info into large
Rehearsal
Hints
Schema
Set of associations linked to a concept
spreading of activation
retrieving one concept leads to retrieve of others