Pysch Test 12/16

Memory

The persistence of learning over time

Encoding

Processing info into the memory system

Automatic

Processing that is effortless and unconscious

Effortful

Processing that requires attention and consciousness 

Storage

Retention of encoded info

Retrieval

Process of getting info out of storage

Sensory

Immediate, brief recording of sensory info

Short Term

Holds 7 +/- 2 pieces of info

Long Term

Relatively permanent and limitless storehouse

Working

Replaces STM in another model

Ebbinghaus

"Forgetting curve" founder

Rehearsal

Repeating info over and over to remember it better

Spacing Effect

Memories are better retained through distributed practice

Serial Position

Remembering first and last items in a list

Mnemonics

General term for any memory aid, or using words to remember things

Chunking

Organizing info into familiar or manageable units

Iconic

Sensory memory's visual info

Echoic

Sensory memory's auditory info

LTP

Strengthening of synapses based on repeated use of them

Flashbulb

Controversial clear, vivid memories of emotionally significant events

Amnesia

The loss of memory

Implicit

Memories of procedures or skills

Explicit

Retention of facts

Hippocampus

Seems to be responsible for moving things from STM to LTM

Relearning

Rehearsing information already learned once but partially forgotten

Priming

Where one bit of info can help someone remember a related piece of info

Deja Vu

"I've experienced this before"

Proactive

Disruptive effects of prior learning on the recall of new info

Context Dependent

Memories are more easily recalled in similar places

State Dependent

Memories are more easily recalled in similar emotional states

Transience

Storage decay

Retroactive

Disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old info

Misinformation

Incorporating misleading info into memory

Visuospatial

Holds static images and manipulates them in the WMM

Phonological

Holds auditory information in the WMM (Inner voice)