chapter 8

taking new info through our SENSES

new info considered important to rehearse, return to later, and contextualize. is facilitated by emotions

memory brought back to CONSCIOUS AWARENESS usually by event, other memory, or emotional state

model of three ways memories are stored: sensory, short term, and long term. Atkinson and Shiffrins model

memories of sensory stimulation that lasts for UNDER A SECOND

memories that last for several seconds when attending or REHEARSING memory

permanent with "unlimited" capacity

limit of info that can be kept in short term memory, typically around 7 pieces of info

way to increase short term memory by ORGANIZING INFO into groups

trouble remembering info if something comes BEFORE the items to be rememberes, or when OLDER MEMORIES interfere with newer ones

trouble RECALLING info if something comes BETWEEN forming the memory of item and recalling it, or when NEWER memories interfere with older ones

when we recall items at the start and end of list better then in middle

tendency to recall items at START of list because of LACK of PROACTIVE INTERFERENCE

tendency to recall items at END of list due to LACK of RETROACTIVE interference

tendency to recall items in a list that are UNUSUAL or DISTINCTIVE

act of converting SHORT TERM to LONG TERM memory

memory of an EVENT that happened at a specific place and time

memory of FACTS

memories of our surroundings

has episodic, and semantic memory, and is also known as declaritive

has procedural memory, classical and operant conditioning, and priming, and is also known as non declaritive

activation of PREVIOUSLY LEARNED info used to help lern NEW INFO better and faster

trouble forming NEW memories after an event like head injury, associated with damage to HIPPOCAMPUS

location of memory

found in HIPPOCAMPUS and PREFRONTAL CORTEX

found in CEREBELLUM and AMYGDALA

had parts of his temporal lobe and hippocampus removed because of epilepsy; after the surgery, he could NOT form NEW memories (anterograde amnesia).

loss of memory of events LEADING UP to an incident like head injury