AP Psych Cognition

Front

Any system that encodes, stores and retrieves information

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Memory

Front

Preserves brief sensory impression for only a fraction of a second.

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Sensory Memory

Front

Organizing pieces of info into smaller units.

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Chunking

Front

Retention of encoded material over time.

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Storage

Front

Location and recovery of info from memory

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Retrieval

Front

Holds about 7 items at a time

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Short-term memory

Front

Has unlimited storage capacity: Working memory, Short-term memory, Sensory memory, Long-term memory

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Long-term memory

Front

Part of LTM that stores memories of how things are done.

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Procedural memory

Front

A memory of something that was NOT deliberately learned.

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Implicit memory

Front

Memory of something that WAS deliberately learned.

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Explicit memory