Memory Flashcards
What is memory?
The retention of information over time
What is encoding?
(Putting it in),
What is storage?
(Keeping it in), Holding onto information for some period of time
What is Retrieval?
(Getting it out), Using information in storage
What is sensory memory?
Holds information from the senses for a very brief
duration
What is Iconic Memory?
Visual sensory memory
What is Echoic Sensory Memory?
Memory for what you just heard
what is Short-term Memory?
The magic number 7 (± 2), Active part of memory
* Lasts up to 30 seconds
remembering a phone number to dial is what type of memory?
Short-term Memory
What is Long-term Memory?
Relatively permanent and limitless storehouse
of the memory system
Procedural Memories?
– Implicit.,“muscle memory”
– Habits, practiced skills, like riding a bike
Declarative Memory?
Explicit
– Information that is conscious and known
– Memory for Facts
What is Episodic memory?
– Personal information
– Daily Activities and Events
What is Semantic memory?
General Knowledge
what is encoding specificity
It states that it’s easier to recall information when you are in the same context in which you memorized or studied it
primacy and recency effect
When you are learning new information, you are most likely to remember the things that you study first (the primacy effect) as well as those things you study last (the recency effec
, recall vs.
recognition
Recognition is the ability to recognize something you have seen before, while recall is the ability to remember something without being prompted
Problems with eyewitness memory
What people see or hear after an event can
impact memory accuracy
maintenance vs. elaborative rehearsal,
Maintenance rehearsal (also known as rote memorization) involves repeating information (out loud or in your head). Elaborative rehearsal is more elaborate and involves additional memory aids like mnemonic devices.
