AP Psych Exam - MEMORY

Any indication that learning has persisted over time

• memory

• dendrite

• forgetting

• chunking

All the information your senses are processing right now and is held here for a very short period of time (less than a second)

• long term memory

• short term memory

• sensory memory

• chunking memory

Memories we are currently working with and are aware of in our consciousness. Usually fade in 10-30 seconds.

• long term memory

• short term memory (working memory)

• sensory memory

• box memory

Permanent memory storage and is unlimited

• long term memory

• short term memory

• sensory memory

• episodic memory

Type of long term memory, memories of specific events, stored in a sequential series of events.

• long term memory

• short term memory

• sensory memory

• episodic memory

Type of long term memory; general knowledge of the world stored as facts or categories rather than sequentially

• long term memory

• semantic memory

• episodic memory

• sensory memory

Type of long term memory; memories of skills and how to perform them.

• procedural memory

• semantic memory

• episodic memory

• sensory memory

Conscious memories of facts or events we actively tried to remember. Any memory you can recall.

• explicit memories

• implicit memories

• sensory memories

• episodic memories

Skill memories. We do not have conscious memories of learning the skill, but we are able to perform it. Also called nondeclarative memories

• explicit memories

• implicit memories

• episodic memories

• flashbulb memories

Powerful, detailed memories encoded because of importance of the event caused us to encode the context surrounding the event

• state dependent memory

• explicit memories

• flashbulb memories

• sensory memories