Studied by 35 PeopleTags & Description
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