Unit 7: Cognition

žA clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.

• echoic memory
• flashbulb memory
• implicit memory
• explicit memory

The processing of information into the memory system.

• encoding
• storage
• retrieval
• automatic processing

The retention (saving) of encoded material over time.

• encoding
• storage
• retrieval
• rehearsal

The process of getting the information back out of memory storage.

• encoding
• storage
• retrieval
• Next-in-line-effect

The persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage and retrieval of information.

• memory
• learning
• serial position effect
• semantic learning

Information can be held in this storage bank for around 30 seconds with out rehearsal.

• short-term memory
• long-term memory
• sensory memory
• visual encoding

Unconscious encoding of incidental information.

• automatic processing
• effortful processing
• rehearsal
• chunking

Studying in small bursts over a period of time.  

• spacing effect
• cramming
• iconic memory
• echoic memory

Organizing items into familiar, manageable units.

• chunking
• mnemonic
• relean
• recall

Implicit memory is to the __, as explicit memory is to the __.

• hippocampus/cerebellum
• cerebellum/hippocampus
• corpus callosum/hippocampus
• hippocampus/corpus callosum