Chapter 6 Memory Flashcards
Storage
Hold info for period of time
Encoding
Sensory info. Convert to brain storage.
Connection between surroundings and remembered info.
Retrieval
Take info out of storage
Information processing model
Comprehensive and influential.
Levels of processing model
Depth of processing. Serious mental disorder.
PDP model
Memories taken place across mental networks
Automatic encoding
LTM permanate storage little to no effort.
Flashbulb memory
Unexpected emotional association.
Sensory memory
Nervous system through sensory system
Iconic memory
Imagery memory. Sperlings study. Eidetic imagery visual memory for 30 seconds or more.
Echoic memory
Brief memory of something a person has just heard. 2/4 seconds.
Short term memory
STM info for brief period of time.
Selective attention
Focus on one stimulus
Cocktail party
Sounds in background but focus on one thing.
Memory
Learning persisted over time
Recall
Retrieve info learned. Memory retrieved with no cues
Recongnition
Identify items previously learned
Working memory
STM conscious active processing of information.
Explicit
Facts and expirences
Implicit
Independent conscious recollection.
Procedural memory
Effortlessly remeberd.
Episodic memory
Episode of life
Shallow processing
Basic
Deep processing
Actual meaning
Retrieval cue
Stimulus for remembering
State of independent learning
Memory during psychological state easier to remember in state
Serial position effect
Easier to remember beginning and end
Primary
Beginning easier than end
Recency
Last word easy retrieval from STM
False positive
False details in memory
