Memory Flashcards
Eidetic Imagery
-technical term for a photographic memory
- can recall a memory in minute detail
Sensory Memory
- shortest of our memories
- holds sights, sounds, smells, and other textures
- holds a lrage amount of information
- lasts just long enough to dissolve into the next one, giving the impression of a constant flow
Memory
A system that encodes, stores, and retrieves information
3 Steps of Memory
- encoding (input)
- storage
- retrieval (output)
encoding
the modification of information to fit the preferred format for the memory system
3 types of encoding
- Semantic Encoding
- Acoustic Encoding
- Visual Encoding
Semantic Encoding
encoding of meaning, including meaning of words
2 limitations of working memory
limited capacity and short duration
Acoustic Encoding
encoding of sound, especially sound of words
Visual Encoding
encoding of picture images
Rosy retrospection
recalling the high points while forgetting the mundane
mnemonics
memory aids that use vividimagery and organizational devices
types of long term memory
implicit and explicit
implicit memory
skills; memory that was not deliberately learned- no conscious awareness
explicit memory
content, facts; memory that had been processed with attention and can be consciously recalled
recall
a retrieval method in which one must reproduce previously presented material
recognition
a retrieval method in which one must identify information that is provided which has been previously been presented
relearning
relearning information that has been previously learned
peg-word system
“one is a bun, two is a shoe, three is a tree”
encoding specify principle
the more closely the retrieval clues match way the informatin was encoded, the better the information will be remembered
mood-congruent memory
a theory which says we tend to selectively remember memories match (are congruent with) our current mood
procedural memory
the part of long term memory where we store memories of how things are done
declaritive memory
the part of long term memory where we store specific information such as facts and events
episodic memory
the portion of memory that stores personal events or “episodes”
