Chapter 6 Flashcards
What is the order of the information processing model of memory?
Sensory memory>short-term memory>long-term memory
The phenomenon of ____ imagery is fairly similar to what people commonly cal “photographic memory.”
Eidetic
Grouping pieces of information together to expand the capacity of short-term memory is called?
Chunking
The working memory, visual & verbal information is integrated in the:
Episodic buffer
Spacing study sessions over long periods of time with breaks in between is called what?
Distributed practice
An essay question is a ___ test of memory?
Recall
A multiple choice question is a ___ test?
Recognition
People’s ability to recall an item from a list depends on where in the list the item occurs. This is known as the ____ effect…
Serial position effect
What does the regency effect refer to as?
The last items on a list are more likely to be remembered than the middle items.
What did ebbinghaus discover?
That the most forgetting occurs within 1 hour of learning and then levels off.
What type of memory is knowing how to serve a tennis ball?
Procedural memory
What captures very subtle changes in sounds & last about 1-10 seconds, also why teachers give lectures.
Echoic imagery
In working memory what works with verbal info?
Phonological loop
In working memory what works with visual and spatial info like knowing where things are located in a grocery store?
Visuospatial sketch pad
What brings info together allowing us to solve problems?
Episodic buffer
In working memory what directs attention & determines what info is used & what’s ignored?
Central executive
What are memories you are aware of called?
Explicit memory
What are memories outside of your awareness?
Implicit memory
What are the stages of long term memory? And an example?
Explicit- remembering that’s roses are red
Semantic- remembering ur graduation date
Episodic- remembering details like your shoe breaking at graduation
Flashbulb- remembering a shocking event like 9/11
What is a automatic or unconscious memory?
Implicit memory
What helps learners remember things easier?
Mnemonics
What is being able to connect a place with something you are trying to remember?
Method of loci
What process requires work?
Automatic & effortful processing
When your trying to remember a # by repeating it over & over to extend its length of time held in short term memory?
Maintenance rehearsal
What term is known as having to actually think instead of repeating; a deep level of encoding?
Elaborative rehearsal
What is massed practice?
Cramming
What is it called when someone gets a new car & starts to realize the same cars?
Priming
A stimuli that helped in retrieval of info that is difficult to access?
Retrieval cues
What are some memory slips?
Tip of tongue (retrieval failure)
Storage failure & memory decay
Hyperthymestic syndrome (remembering everything)
What is the order of the memory process?
Encoding, storage, retrieval
