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Memory
The mental process of encoding, storing, and retrieving information.
Recall
Retrieving information that is not currently in your conscious awareness, but that was learned at a previous time.
Recognition
Identifying items previously learned.
Relearning
Learning something more quickly when you know it a second or later time; increases retention, especially when done over time.
Encoding
The process that gets information into our brain.
Storage
The process of retaining learned information.
Retrieval
The process of getting old information back out.
Parallel Processing
The way how our brain processes multiple things at once, conscious or unconscious.
Connectionism
The model that views memories as products of connected neural networks.
Long-term Memory
Memory that can be accessed for later retrieval.
Short Term Memory
Memory that has not been encoded by rehearsal.
Sensory Memory
The first way that memory is processed(through the 5 senses)
Working Memory
The active processing of memory that helps you link it to previous information.
Explicit Memory
Retention of facts and experiences that can consciously be known, encoded through effortful processing.
Effortful Processing
Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort.
Implicit Memory
Retention of learned skills or conditioned associations independent of conscious recollections.
Automatic Processing
Unconscious encoding of incidental information such as space, time, frequency, and well-learned information.
Procedural Memory
Skills learned, often referred to as muscle memory.
Chunking
Grouping items into manageable chunks to make it easy to encode.
Mnemonics
Memory aids that usually use imagery or organization to help with encoding.
Spacing Effect
Distributed study or practice increases retention better than cramming.
Testing Effect
Enhanced memory after retrieving rather than rereading.
Shallow Processing
Encoding on a basic level, like the structure or appearance of words.
Deep Processing
Encoding semantically based on the meaning of words; usually leads to better retention.
Self-Reference Effect
We remember things better when they involve us.
Semantic Memory
An explicit memory of facts and general knowledge; one of our two conscious memory systems.
Episodic Memory
Explicit memory of personal experiences and events; one of our two conscious memory systems.
Hippocampus
A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage.
Memory Consolidation
The neural storage of a long-term memory.
Flashbulb Memory
A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.
Long-term Potentiation
An increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation, a neural basis for learning and memory.
Priming
The activation of certain associations that predispose one’s perception or memory.
Encoding Specificity Principle
Cues and contexts specific to a particular event will be more effective in helping us recall it.
State-Dependent Memory
When you learn in a particular state, you recall best in that state.
Serial Position Effect
Our tendency to recall the last (recency) and first (primacy) items in a list.
Mood Congruent
The tendency to recall experiences that match our current mood.
Anterograde Amnesia
Inability to form NEW memories.
Retrograde Amnesia
Inability to remember past memories.
Proactive Interference
Old activity disrupts new learning.
Retroactive Interference
New activity disrupts the recall of old information.
Positive Transfer
New information doesn’t always interfere with old learning if it helps with prior knowledge.
Repress
A defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-inducing memories, thoughts, or fears.
Reconsolidation
Previously stored memories that are altered upon retrieval.
Misinformation Effect
Occurs when misinformation corrupts a memory.
Imagination Inflation
The more you imagine an event, the more confident you become about its occurrence.
Source Amnesia
Faulty memory regarding how, when, or where information was learned, often leading to false memories.
Deja Vu
Cues from a current situation may unconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.
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