COG Psych: Ch 6 - Memory Acquisition

STM

________: mechanically transfers input to and from LTM.

Central Executive

________: flexible system responsible for the control and regulation of cognitive processes- directs focus and targets information, making wm and ltm work together- sequences of thought and action- selects and launches responses- plans and sets goals- breaks routines (inhibition)

Maintenance rehearsal

________: a rote, mechanical process involving repetition.

Retrieval

________- locating information and brining it into active use.

Episodic buffer

________: auditory and visual information in chronological order.

Recency effect

________: we are more likely to learn /remember bits of information in the end.

Primacy effect

________: we are more likely to learn /remember bits of information in the beginning.

Interactive imagery

________: visual mnemonics- memory strategies that employ interactive visual imagery to assist recall of a series of items on a list.

spatial sketchpad

Visual- ________: visual- ________: visual and spatial information.

primacy effect

we are more likely to learn/remember bits of information in the beginning

recency effect

we are more likely to learn/remember bits of information in the end

short term

memory lasts for minute

"7 Plus Or Minus 2"

people remember around seven items, or chunks

in working memory

why phone numbers are 7 numbers

correlate strongly with measures of

standardized test performance, reasoning, reading ability, logical-verbal intelligence

visual working memory stores objects rather than indv features

we chunk things verbally, numerically

phonological loop

auditory information

episodic buffer

auditory and visual information in chronological order

encoding/acquisition

gaining information

storage

holding/reorganizing information in LTM until it is needed

retrieval

locating information and brining it into active use

semantic

knowledge and concepts

maintenance rehearsal

a rote, mechanical process involving repetition

forming links between items

organizing and chunking information

peg word system

hang something to be memorized on top of the words ex

mnemonic device

PEMDAS

STM

mechanically transfers input to and from LTM