Part 1 Theorical Vocab

Anterograde Amnesia

A type of memory loss that occurs when you can't make new ones

Automatic Processing

Happens automatically without trying to learn
- Implicit Memories

Chunking

Organizing items into a familiar, managable, unit
Increases working memory

Cocktail Party Effect

In a nosiey environment, you can selectively put your focus onto one conversation

Cognition

Perceiving, Recognition, and Reasoning

Deep Processing

Produces longer-lasting & more accessible memories

Distributed Practice

A learning strategy where practice is split evenly in short sessions over a long juncture

Dual Processing

How thoughts can arise in two different ways, or as a result two different processes

Echoic Memory

Ultra short term memory for auditory listening

Effortful Processing

Encoding information while being conscious
Requires rehearsal & is improved with attention and motivation
- Explicit Memories

Eideitc Memory

The ability to recall an image from memory with high precision - for a brief time
Also known as, Photographic Memory

Elabortive Rehearsal

Attaching numerous associations & making applications
- Relating to prior knowledge
- Deep Processing

Encoding

Putting information into memory

Encoding Failure

"One ear, and out the other"
Much of what we sense, we never notice and if we fail to encode, we can't remember
- Age effects this encoding efficiency

Episodic Memory

A type of long term memory that involves conscious recollection of previous experiences together with their contextin terms of time

Explicit Memories

The things we know & can declare

Flashbulb Memories

Memories we never forget because of the emotion involved
*Not perfect - subject to false memories

Focused Attention

Having the ability to focus on one task for an unlimited amount of time without distraction

Forgetting Curve

The decline of memory retention in time

Iconic Memory

A type of sensory memory which stores images for a fraction of a second

Implicit Memory

Doesn't require the conscious or explicit recollection of past events or information all while the individual is unaware that remembering has occure