Memory Flashcards
Amnesia from the point of injury forward
Anterograde amnesia
New information prevents us from remembering old information
Proactive interference
We best remember information from the beginning of a list
Primacy Effect
Visual sensory memory
Iconic memory
Amnesia from the point of injury backward
Retrograde amnesia
We best remember information from the end of a list
Recency effect
Older information prevents us from remembering new information
Retroactive interference
Auditory sensory memory
Echoic memory
taking a string of numbers and breaking it into smaller bits
chunking
Type of sensory memory
Iconic memory
The process of teaching your son to tie his shoes would be what type of memory
procedural memory
People who are good at trivia have a good ___ memory
semantic
