Memory in Psychology 101

Flashcards covering key concepts about memory from PS 101.

Sensory Registers

Mental representations of the senses that hold information for a very short time.

Short-term Memory (STM)

Also known as working memory, it is our conscious mental process that holds information for 20-30 seconds.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember stimuli presented earliest in a list.

Recency Effect

The tendency to remember stimuli that are presented most recently.

Encoding Specificity

Memory is best when learning and testing occur in similar physical and psychological contexts.

Implicit Memory

Memory that does not require conscious effort to recall, such as motor skills and habits.

Explicit Memory

Conscious representation of previously stored information, involving recall and recognition.

Procedural Memory

A type of long-term memory related to 'how to' knowledge, such as skills and habits.

Declarative Memory

Knowledge of facts and events that can be consciously recalled.

Iconic Storage

Visual representation in sensory registers held for less than one second.

Echoic Storage

Verbal representation in sensory registers held for less than four seconds.

Haptic Storage

Tactile representation in sensory registers held for less than two seconds.