Memory Flashcards
You can extend the duration of STM through ________ and the capacity of STM through ______.
Maintenance Rehearsal; Chunking
The process of repeating information over and over to maintain it in short-term memory is called ______
maintenance rehearsal
Processing information into the memory system is called _____
Encoding
This is episodic memory:
memory for one’s personal past experiences, subsidiary of explicit memory, remembering events and places
This is an internal record or representation of some prior event or experience.
Memory
With regard to memory, tying shoes require the use of your ______
Procedural Memory
The organization and shaping of information during processing, storage, and retrieval of memories is called _____
Constructive process
_______ is why you can recall what someone said several seconds ago, even if you were absorbed in another task when they first said it.
Echoic Memory
The encoding specificity principle says that information retrieval is improved when ______
Conditions of recovery are similar to encoding conditions
What is the subsystem within long-term memory that consciously stores facts, information, and personal life experiences?
Explicit (Declarative) memory
The three steps in memory processing are ______
Encoding, Storage, Retrieval.
This is an encoding technique linking new information to previously stored material in LTM
Elaborative Rehearsal
If you drink coffee while you study for a test, according to state-dependent retrieval, you should do what when you are taking the test?
Drink coffee
With regard to memory, the process of retaining information over time is known as _____-
Storage
_____ is the process of grouping separate pieces of information into a single unit in order to store more information in _____
Chunking; short-term memory
