Chapter 7, Sections 1 & 2 Test Review Flashcards
Mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing, especially when combined with semantic encoding
Imagery
Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically
Chunking
A fleeting photographic memory
Iconic Memory
Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices
Mnemonics
A memory of specific information
Explicit Memory
A memory that consists of skills and procedures one has learned
Implicit Memory
Tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list
Serial Position Effect
Conscious repetition
Rehearsal
Memory of a specific event
Episodic Memory
We have a good, though fleeting, sensory memory for the auditory stimuli called ________________
Echoic Memory
The encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words
Semantic Encoding
A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
Flashbulb Memory
The encoding of picture images
Visual Encoding
A memory of general knowledge and information that can be recalled
Semantic Memory
Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
Effortful Processing
Tendency to recall events such as a camping holiday more positively than we evaluate them at the time
Rosy Retrospection
The persistance of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information
Memory
The tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice
Spacing Effect
Unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time and frequency
Automatic Processing
First letters of to-be remembered words as sentences or as words - ROY G. BIV for the colors of the electromagnetic spectrum or HOMES for the Great Lakes
Acronyms
The encoding of sound, especially the sound of words
Acoustic Encoding
