Memory Notes (Invite to Psych)

Sensory

holds information for less than a second or only the amount of time it takes to be recognized by the brain.

Recognition

a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned (Ex: multiple choice quiz)

Recall

a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier.

Serial Position Effect

people are most likely to remember the first or final items from a list and forget the middle.

Central Processing

Our brain sorts and stores information.

Input

our brain gathers information from the outside world through our senses.

Cognition

is the process of "knowing "that occurs through perception and memory.

Selective Attention

the ability to pick and choose among various sensory inputs.

Input

our brain gathers information from the outside world through our senses

Central Processing

Our brain sorts and stores information

Output

The ideas and actions that are spurred by our thoughts

Encoding

The act of getting information into our brains

Visual

What kind of encoding is about pictures?

Acoustic

What kind of encoding is about sound?

Semantic

What kind of encoding is about meaning?

Short term memory

also known as working memory, you can remember it for 20 seconds unless rehearsed

semantic and episodic

There are two types of long term memory

Semantic memory

Long Term Memory for facts and knowledge

Episodic memory

LTM for events and experiences

Recall

a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier

Serial Position Effect

people are most likely to remember the first or final items from a list and forget the middle

LTM, STM, Sensory

There are three types of memory (three parts of storage)

Iconic Memory

ability to very briefly recall an image shown quickly (Ex: sparkler light trails)

Echoic Memory

ability to very briefly recall a sound heard very recently (Ex: “what did I just say”)

flashbulb memory

a big event that we think that we remember but you only remember the gist of it.

confabulation

false memories that might occur during retrieval