Module 9 Flashcards
Process invoved in “RETAINING, RETRIEVING, AND USING INFORMATION”
Means by which we retain and draw on our past experience to use that information in the present .
MEMORY
Transform sensory data into a form of mental representation.
ENCODING
You keep encoded information in memory.
STORAGE
You pull out or use information stored in memory.
RETRIEVAL
Produce a fact, a word, or other item from memory. Fill-in-the-blank and most essay tests require that you recall items from memory.
RECALL
THREE MAIN TYPES OF RECALL TASKTHAT ARE USE IN EXPERIMENTS:
- SERIAL RECALL
- FREE RECALL
- CUED RECALL
You recall items in the EXACT ORDER in which they were presented.
SERIAL RECALL
Second kind of task is ______, in which “YOU RECALL ITEMS IN ANY ORDER” you choose.
FREE RECALL
Third kind of task in which YOU ARE FIRST SHOWN ITEMS IN PAIRS,but during recall you are cued with only one member of each pair and are asked to recall each mate.
CUED RECALL
YOU SELECT OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFY AN ITEM AS BEING ONE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO PREVIOUSLY.
RECOGNITION
PARTICIPANTS ENGAGE IN CONSCIOUS RECOLLECTION.
EXPLICIT MEMORY
Related phenomenon in which WE USED INFORMATION FROM MEMORY BUT ARE NOT CONSCIOUSLY AWARE THAT WE ARE DOING SO.
IMPLICIT MEMORY ✨️
Measure skills and knowledge that relate to the CULTURAL EXPERIENCENCES of the test takers.
CULTURE-RELEVANT TEST
Two structures of memory (william james)
- Primary Memory
- Secondary memory
Structures of memory that holds temporary information.
PRIMARY MEMORY
