Memory- AP Psych

Memory

Storing what has happened to you or what you have learned and retrieving this information.

Recall

Remembering information you previously learned.

Recognition

Being able to pick a memory from options.

Relearning

How long it takes for something you previously knew to be relearned.

Encode

Working on memorizing something.

Store

The information you have learned staying for a certain amount of time.

Retrieve

Remembering something.

Sensory memory

When you are remembering the sensations (smell, hearing, feel) of a memory.

Short-term/working memory

Something only remembered for a short time.

Long term memory

Things you will always remember or will remember for a long time.

Explicit memory

Memories you can declare, like your name.

Implicit memory

Memory of learned skills.

Automatic processing

Unconsciously putting things in our memory.

Effortful processing

Trying hard to remember or learn something.

Iconic memory

Seeing a memory; very short.

Echoic memory

Hearing a memory.

Chunking

Putting things into groups helps us remember things better.

Mnemonics

Rhymes, songs, or other things that help us remember.

Spacing Effect

Cramming doesn’t work as well as studying over a long stretch of time.

Testing Effect

The more you test yourself, the better you will remember.

Shallow processing

Very basic processing of information.

Deep processing

Based on meanings of words.

Self Reference Effect

We remember things better when we apply them to ourselves.

Semantic memory

Explicit memory of things that don't apply to us.

Episodic memory

Explicit memory of things that apply to us.

Memory consolidation

The storage of long term memory.

Flashbulb memory

Clear memory of an emotional moment.

Priming

Associations in memory.

Serial Position Effect

Our tendency to recall the last items in a list initially and the first items after a delay.