AP Psych Vocabulary #7 - "Memory"

Semantic Encoding

encoding of an experience or facts based on its meaning.

Acoustic Encoding

encoding of sounds

Visual Processing

encoding of picture images

Parallel Processing

encoding on multiple levels simultaneously

Effortful Processing

consciously attempting to remember something[studying, flashcards, repetition]

Explicit[Declarative] Memories

facts & experience we can consciously recall. “stuff we know”.

Automatic Processing

memories that become processed without effort.

Implicit[Nondeclarative] Memories

remembering how to do an action without thinking about it. “Muscle memory”.

Sensory Memory

the immediate, initial recording of sensory info in the memory system.

Iconic Memory

visual

Echoic Memory

Memory for hearing. Slightly longer than iconic.

Cocktail Party Phenomenon

the ability to tune out other conversations as noise & focus on the one we want to hear.

Short-Term Memory

hold a few items briefly. limited in duration & capacity.

Visual Short-Term Memory

primarily for faces.

Central Executive

short term memory processes everything that we are currently thinking about with everything we already know.

Shallow Processing

emphasis on the physical structurehgb