Memory Review Concepts

Flashcards based on memory concepts and definitions, organized from a memory review worksheet.

Maintenance Rehearsal

A memory strategy that involves repeatedly verbalizing or thinking about information to keep it in short-term memory.

Elaborative Rehearsal

A memory strategy that involves associating new information with existing knowledge to facilitate long-term retention.

Retrograde Amnesia

A type of amnesia where individuals cannot recall memories from before the point of injury.

Anterograde Amnesia

A type of amnesia where individuals cannot form new memories after the event causing the amnesia.

Serial Position Effect

The tendency to remember the first and last items in a list better than the middle items.

Primacy Effect

The enhanced recall of the first items in a series.

Recency Effect

The enhanced recall of the last items in a series.

Flashbulb Memories

Detailed and vivid memories of significant events, often with an emotional component.

Procedural Memory

A type of implicit memory for skills and actions, such as riding a bike.

Semantic Memory

A type of explicit memory that involves the storage of facts and general knowledge.

Episodic Memory

A type of explicit memory that involves personal experiences and specific events.

Chunking

A memory technique that involves grouping information into larger, more manageable units.

Implicit Memory

A type of long-term memory that is not consciously recalled, such as skills and habits.

Explicit Memory

A type of long-term memory that involves conscious recall, such as facts and events.

Recall

The process of retrieving information from memory without cues.

Recognition

The process of identifying previously learned information when presented with it.

Proactive Interference

When older information interferes with the retrieval of newer information.

Retroactive Interference

When newer information interferes with the retrieval of older information.

Iconic Memory

A type of sensory memory that holds visual information for a very short duration.

Echoic Memory

A type of sensory memory that holds auditory information for a brief period.