Exam 1 Study Guide : Week 3

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Week 3: Introduction to Memory and Mnemonics

• Working memory

  • Working memory involves manipulating information in mind

• Short-term memory

  • Short-term memory involves holding memory in mind

• Chunking

  • Chunking is used to reduce load on short-term & working memory.

• Declarative memory

  • Example of Explicit memory

• Semantic memory

  • Example of Explicit memory

• Episodic memory

  • Example of Explicit memory

• Flashbulb memory

  • Example of Explicit memory

• Implicit memory

• Procedural memory

  • Example of Implicit memory

• Priming

  • Example of Implicit memory

• Classical conditioning

  • Example of Implicit memory

• Retention interval

  • Time-based relationships between learning & memory (temporally related)

• Associative networks

  • Long-term memories are stored in spider-like organizations of information

• Rhythm and rhymes

• First letters (acrostics)

  • Most commonly used for test preparation.

• Pegwords

• Method of places

  • AKA method of loci

• Videos

  • How We Make Memories

  • Mnemonics

  • Using Pegwords to Learn Erikson