CHAPTER 6 memory Flashcards
5 steps of memory
sensation, attention, encoding, storage, retrieving
semantic encoding
the process of relating new information in a meaningful way to knowledge that is already stored in the memory
parts of the brain involved in semantic encoding
lower left frontal lobe, left temporal lobe
visual imagery encoding
the process of storing new information by converting it into mental pictures
organizational encoding
the process of categorizing information according to the relationships among a series of items
parts of the brain involved in visual imagery encoding
occipital lobe
parts of brain involved in organizational encoding
upper surface of the left frontal lobe
survival encoding
draws on all elements of encoding
sensory memory
storage that holds sensory information for a few seconds or less
iconic memory
fast decaying store of visual information decay faster than echoic
echoic memory
a fast decaying store of auditory information
short-term memory
hold nonsensory information for less than a minute
How to increase short term memory
chunking grouping small pieces of information into larger clusters
working memory
active maintenance of information in short-term memory
anterograde amnesia
cant remember new things
