Memory Flashcards
Encoding
Acquiring information from the world and stores it in memory
Storage
Holding onto information for later use
Retrieval
Getting information back when it is needed
Recall
Supplying information in response to a cue or question
Recognition
Deciding whether information was encountered before
Sensory memory
Where information enters memory system. Large capacity, short duration
Short term memory capacity
7+-2 items
Chunking
Recording information into larger portions
Rehearsal
Repetition of information
Long term memory capacity
Infinity
Implicit
Memory for skills and motor patterns
Explicit
Memory for facts, events,and meanings
Semantic
Memory for general meanings and information
Decay
Memory becomes eroded because we haven’t used it for awhile
Displacement
Items are pushed out of memory by other items, applies only to short term memory and sensory memory, not long term
