Memory Processes and Structures

Flashcards focusing on key terms and concepts related to memory processes, structures, and theories.

Working Memory

Another name for short-term memory.

Information-Processing Model

Three processes of memory: encoding, storage, and retrieval.

Source Misattribution

The inability to distinguish what you originally experienced from what you were later told.

Long-Term Memory Limit

No apparent limit on our long-term memory capacity.

Semantic Memory

A type of memory that contains general knowledge, facts, rules, and concepts.

Implicit Memory

Memory that is not consciously recalled, such as procedural skills.

Explicit Memory

Conscious, intentional recollection of information or events.

Recall vs Recognition

Recall is retrieving information (free response), while recognition is identifying previously encountered information (multiple choice).

Long-term Potentiation (LTP)

The process where neurons that fire together wire together, reflecting the physical basis for learning and memory.

Context-Dependent Memory

Best illustrated by recalling more information tested in the same room where it was learned.

State-Dependent Memory

Memory retrieval is influenced by an individual's physiological state or mood.

Serial Position Effect

The tendency to remember the first and last items in a list best.

Anterograde Amnesia

Characterized by the inability to form new memories after a brain injury.

Retrograde Amnesia

Characterized by the inability to recall memories from before a brain injury.