Introduction to Memory Flashcards
Memory
learning over time, through storage and retrieval of information and skills
Explicit Memory
facts and experiences that we know and recall
Episodic Memory
type of explicit memory; personal and life experiences
Semantic Memory
type of explicit memory; facts and general knowledge
Implicit Memory
memories we retrieve automatically (remember right away)
Procedural Memory
type of implicit memories; skills, habits, tasks that can be completed without conscious recall
Prospective Memory
helps us remember to carry out future events (“remember to remember”)
Long-Term Potentiation
signals sent across the synapse more efficiently with repetition
Working Memory Model
visual and hearing sense processes information and send to long term memory storage
Central Executive
controls attention and coordinates information
Phonological Loop
briefly handles the auditory and verbal information
Visuospatial Sketchpad
briefly handles visual and spacial information
Long-Term Memory
where our information and skills go for later use and remembrance
Multi-Store Model
information comes in through sensory register, then moved to short-term memory storage and is remembered and then send to long term memory storage
Sensory Memory
immediate and brief recording of sensory information before it is processed into short-term or long-term memory
Echoic Memory
memory of what you just heard, even if you weren’t paying attention
Iconic Memory
helps you remember a visual scene of what just happened
Automatic Processing
the information skips sensory register and short-term memory and goes straight to long-term memory
Effortful Processing
when you have to try/think about the information to remember it
Structural Encoding
what you remember the physical appearance (what it looks like) of the information (lowest processing level)
Phonemic Encoding
remembering how the word or information sounds (middle processing level)
Semantic Encoding
remembering what the information means and associating it with other concepts or ideas (deepest processing level)
