Red String Flashcards
Memory
takes sensory information and stores it away
Encoding
converts sensation into neural waves
Storage
holding information for a period of time
Retrieval
getting information out of storage
Information-Processing Model
Theory that memory is similar to a computer
Parallel Distributed Processing
Memory takes place at the same time
Sensory Memory
Information enters the nervous system
Iconic Memory
Visual Memory lasting a fraction of a second
Eidetic Memory
Accessing Visual Memory for 30 seconds
Echoic Memory
Memory of something heard
Short-Term Memory
Information held for seconds while being used
Selective Attention
Ability to focus on one thing at a time
Maintenance Rehearsal
Repeating information to keep it in short term memory
Long-Term Memory
Where information is stored more or less permanently
Elaborative Rehearsal
Moving information from Short to Long Term Memory
Procedural (nondeclarative) Memory
Long term memory for skills
Anterograde Amnesia
Inability to for new memories
Implicit Memory
Memory not easily bought to consciousness
Declarative Memory
Long term memory has information conscious and known
Semantic Memory
General knowledge [1st Prez]
Episodic Memory
Personal knowledge [last name]
Explicit Memory
Memory that is constantly known
Semantic Network Model
Ideas are stored by related items
Retrieval Cue
Stimulus for remembering
Encoding Specificity
Memory improved with help from additional information
Recall
Memory called back without stimulus
Recognition
Matching information with stored facts
Serial Position Effect
Remembering the beginning and end rather than middle
Primacy Effect
Remembering things at the beginning of a list
Recency Effect
Remembering the last things of a list
False Positive
Error in encoding
Automatic Encoding
Encoding with little effort
Flashbulb Memories
automatic encoding due to emotional association
Constructive Processing
Altering of memories while being recalled
Highlight Bias
Falsely believe revisions of memories
Misinformation Effect
Misleading information to alter memories
Curve of Forgetting
Graph of forgetting period
Distributed Practice
Spacing the studying with breaks
Encoding Failure
Failure to process information to memory
Memory Trace
Physical change when memory was formed
Decay
Loss of memory due to time
Disuse
Another name for Decay
Proactive Interference
Old memories mess up new memories
Retroactive Interference
New memories mess up old memories
Consolidation
Changes in structure when memory is formed
Retrograde Amnesia
Memory loss of incident and past
Infantile Amnesia
Inability to remember before the age of three
Autobiographical Memory
Memory of personal facts
