Types Of Memory

Question 1

____ memory - The memory that we have of specific events (we remember when we got the info)

Answer 1

Episodic memory

Question 2

_____ memory - the memory in which we remember every detail (Ex: people who witnessed 9/11 in tv or on person can recall the entire morning, can arise due to strong feelings based on the event)

Answer 2

Flashbulb memory

Question 3

____ memory - Memory of facts, words, and concepts (most of when you learn in school, does NOT include when it was learned)

Answer 3

Semantic memory

Question 4

_____ memories - Memory of specific information (Ex: Episodic and Semantic)

Answer 4

Explicit memories

Question 5

_____ memories - Memories that are not specific / clearly stated (skills/habits you learned or picked up)

Answer 5

Implicit memories

Question 6

____ memories - Your memories of how to do things

Answer 6

Procedural memories

Question 7

_____ memory - Consists of the immediate sensory info that we receive

Answer 7

Sensory memory

Question 8

_____ memory - sights and photographic images that we see

Answer 8

Iconic memory

Question 9

____ memory - Ability to vividly recall an image that you are exposed to, but only briefly

Answer 9

Eidetic memory

Question 10

______ memory - The mental traces of sounds we register (can last longer than visual info, therefore easier to remember)

Answer 10

Echoic memory