memory Flashcards
Encoding
Process of getting information from the memory system
storage
retention of information overtime
retrivel
getting information out of storage memory
Automatic Processing
Unconscious process of encoding information without effort
Effortful processing
Retrieving information using attention and continuous effort
Rehearsal
repetition of information
Overlearning
rehearsing information that has already been memorized
Serial period effect
tending to remember the first and last things in the list
Semantic encoding
encoding of meaning
self-reference effect
tendency to have better memory
mnemonic device
memory trick or technique
Method of loci
Associate items with places
pegword system
Associate words you want to memorize with words you have already memorized
chunking
organizing information in sections
Sensory memory
using sensations to rember things
Short term memory
Memory that contains information in the moment
long term memory
permanent memory system
flashblub memory
vivd clear memory
long term potentation
Increase a synapse firing
explicit memory
memory of facts and expierences
Implicit memory
skills and procedures
Recall
Retrieve previously stored info by searching for in memory
fill in the blank tests
recognition
To retrieve info by identifying items previously learned
multiple choice test
context effect
ability to retrieve info in similar environment to one which first encoded into
state-dependent memory
ability to retrieve info when in similar physical/emotional state as when first encoded into
permastore memory
long term memories on track to become permanent for life
proactive interference
older memory disrupts recall of newer
Example - last years locker combo vs this year
Retroactive interference
newer memory disrupts recall of older
Example - this years schedule vs last year
repression
moving anxiety producing memories to unconscious mind
misinformation effect
applying misinformation into memory of an event
