Memory Vocab Flashcards
Encoding
Convert into coded form
Storage
Store something for future use
Retrieval
Process of retrieving something from somewhere
Automatic Processing
Type of thinking/cognition - doesn’t involve effort
Effortful Processing
Learning or storing that requires effort and attention
Rehearsal
Action of processing or rehearsing
Overlearning
Continue memorizing information after learning it
Serial Position Effect
Recall first and last items of a list easier
Semantic Encoding
Encoding of meaning
Self-Reference Effect
Enhanced semantic coding of info - personally relevant
Mnemonic Device
Memory trick or technique
Method of Loci
Associate items you want to remember with imaginary places
Peg-Word System
Associate items with a list of words already memorized
Chunking
Organize info into meaningful units
Sensory Memory
Initial coding of sensory information in memory system
Short-Term Memory
Contains info you were already consciously aware of before it was started
Long-Term Memory
Relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory system
Flashbulb Memory
Vivid memory of emotionally significant event
Long-Term Potentiation
Increase in synapses firing efficiency - when neurons fire repeatedly
Explicit Memory
Memory of facts and experiences (hippocampus)
Implicit Memory
Memory of skills and procedures (cerebellum)
Recall
Type of retrieval, must search for previously stored information
Recognition
Type of retrieval, must identify previously learned items
Context Effect
Ability to retrieve information when in similar environment to the one you’re currently in
