Unit 3- Memory

Question 1

Memory

Answer 1

The mental process that enables us to acquire, retain and retrieve information

Question 2

Sensory Memory

Answer 2

Holds information long enough to be processed.
Large capacity
Brief duration: 3sec vis, 2sec aud

Question 3

Short Term Memory

Answer 3

Working Memory conscious process of information
Limited capacity (7-9 pieces of info)
Brief duration: 20-30 seconds

Question 4

Long Term Memory

Answer 4

Organizes and stores
Unlimited capacity
Thought to be permanent duration

Question 5

Explicit Memory

Answer 5

(part of LT). With conscious recall
*declarative, effortful

Question 6

Episodic Memory

Answer 6

(part of Explicit memory) Events and experiences

Question 7

Semantic

Answer 7

(part of Explicit memory) General knowledge and facts

Question 8

Procedural

Answer 8

(part of Implicit memory) motor skills

Question 9

Implicit Memory

Answer 9

(part of LT). Without conscious recall
*nondeclarative, automatic

Question 10

Prospective Memory

Answer 10

A form of memory that involves remembering to perform a planned action or recall a planned intention at a future time

Question 11

Iconic Memory

Answer 11

Visual sensory memory. duration lasts less than a second

Question 12

Echoic Memory

Answer 12

Auditory sensory memory. duration lasts 3 seconds