MODULE 23 VOCAB - LETS GET THAT BREAD

Encoding

the processing of information into the memory system

storage

the retention of encoded information over time

Retrieval

the process of getting info out of memory storage

automatic processing

unconscious encoding of incidental info, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned info, such as word meanings

effortful processing

encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

rehearsal

conscious repetition of information

Hermann Ebbinghaus

German philosopher who conducted pioneering memory studies

serial position effect

tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list

semantic encoding

encoding of meaning

mnemonic devices

A memory trick or technique

Chunking

organizing items into familiar, manageable units

sensory memory

Brief, initial coding of sensory information in the memory system

short term/working memory

The part of your memory system that contains information you are consciously aware of before it is stored more permanently or forgotten

long-term memory

the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system.

flashbulb memory

A vivid, clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.

long-term potentiation

an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory

explicit memory

the memory of facts that experiences

implicit memory

the memory of skills and procedures

recall

the type of retrieval in which you must search for information that you previously stored as on fill in the blank test

recognition

type of retrieval in which you must identify items you learned earlier, as on a multiple choice test

context effects

The enhanced ability to retrieve information when you are in an environment similar to the one in which you encoded the information

state-dependent memory

The enhanced ability to retrieve information when you are in the same physical and emotional state you were in when you encoded the information