AP Psychology Unit 2 Part 3 Vocabulary

Storage

the process of retaining encoded information over time.

Explicit memory

retention of facts and experiences that we can consciously know and declare.

Implicit memory

retention of learned skills or classically conditions association independent of conscious recollection

Episodic memory

explicit memory of personally experienced events; one of our two conscious memory systems (the other is semantic memory).

Levels of processing (deep)

encoding semantically, based on the meaning of the words, tends to yield the best retention

Sensory memory

the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system

Working memory

A newer understanding of short-term memory; conscious, active processing of both (1) incoming sensory information (2) information retrieved from long term memory

Phonological loop

a memory component that briefly holds auditory information

Spacing effect

the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long term retention that is achieved through massed study or practice

Elaborative rehearsal

Linking new information to existing knowledge.

Anterograde amnesia

Inability to form new memories.

Mood-congruent memory

the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with ones current good or bad mood

Recall

a measure of memory in witch the person must retrieve information earlier, as on a fill in the blank test.

Retroactive interference

the backward acting disruption effect of newer learning on the recall of old information

Misinformation effect

occurs when a memory has been corrupted by misleading information