Memory (Chapter 8)

The set of prosesses used to encode, store, and retrieve information

The gaining of information

The retaining of information

The taking of information from storage and putting it into active use

Semantic, Visual, and Acoustic

Learning words and their meanings

Encoding Images

Encoding of sounds, particularly words

We learn things easier if we can connect the information back to ourself

Sensory Memory, Short Term Memory, Long Term Memory

Subconcious learning

Putting active effort into learning

The practicing of information to move it from short term to long term memory

the brief remembering of sensory events (sight, smell, touch), it usually only lasts a couple of seconds

A temporary storage system that takes in sensory information and connects that to something already in long term memory, it usually lasts 15-30 seconds

The permanent remembering of something

Explicit Memories and Implicit Memories

those that we actively try to remember and can most of the time be recalled on command or in response to a prompt

are subconsciously learned and can’t actively be recalled. It is demonstrated in the performance of some kind of task

Episodic and Semantic Memory

Memories we have experienced as events like a birthday party and often involve visual recall

Memories in concepts and facts. Like (capital of the United States?)

Procedural Memory and Emotional Conditioning

stored information of how to do things like ride a bike

Conditioned responses to certain stimuli Ex.a smell or song that gives a specific emotional response when you hear/smell it

Recall, Relearning, Recognition

Accessing memories without cues (essay questions)

Identifying information that you have previously learned after encountering it again (multiple choice questions)

Relearning something previously learned usually picking up Ex. snowboarding after 10 years of not doing it and quickly getting back into the groove

Emotion center of the brain, aids in emotional implicit memories

Aids in the creation of new memories, expecially explicit ones

Responsible for Semantic Memories

Responsible for procedural memories

Strong emotions = strong memories

A super clear and accurate recollection of an event

The loss of long term memory due to disease or trauma

The inability to make new long term memories

The inability to remember old memories

Retrograde and Anterograde

Memory decay due to disuse

dont remember something because you wernt paying attention to it

When you cant remember something but it's at the tip of your tounge

Misremembering the source of a memory

when additional or false information alters the memory of an event