AP Psych: Unit 2.3- Introduction to Memory

Based on AP Course Guide

Explicit Memory

Declarative memories, conscious awareness

Implicit Memories

Nondeclarative Memories, without conscious awareness

Episodic Memories

Memories specific to our unique personal experiences

Semantic

Information we know, including specific facts or conceptual understandings

Prospective

Remembering to remember, memory of an intent to perform a specific action

Procedural

Knowing how to do something

Classically Conditioned Responses

Learned associations that evoke emotional or physiological responses

Primed Responses

Exposure to one thing may unconsciously influence future thoughts or behaviors

Working Memory Model

Limited information that is temporarily maintained but used for many cognitive tasks

Central Executive

Does the planning and decision making

Phonological Loop

A verbal input entering working memory

Visuospatial Sketchpad

A visual input entering working memory

Iconic Memory

Brief memory for visual inputs

Echoic Memory

Brief Memory for auditory inputs, decays quickly but not as quickly as iconic memory

Shallow processing

Leads to less durable memory

Deep Processing

Leads to more durable memory