Sensory information that is sent to our brains via our interaction through the environment

• top-down processing

• bottom-up processing

• Cognitive miser

• recency effect

Information that is processed in the mind via pre-stored information in memory.

• top-down processing

• bottom-up processing

• Working Memory Model

• Schema

We often make the choice not to actively process information because we want to save time and effort. Therefore we are

• Cognitive misers

• Schemas

• Memory

Mental representations that are derived from prior experience and knowledge

• Schemas

• Memory

• Retrieval

• Top-down processing

Transforming sensory information into memory.

• Encoding

• Retrieval

• Storage

Creating a biological trace of the encoded information in memory, which is either consolidated or lost

• Encoding

• Storage

• Retrieval

Using the stored information in thinking, problem-solving and decision making.

• Encoding

• Storage

• Retrieval

The process by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved

• Memory

• Schema

• Thinking

• Sleeping

The memory of facts and events and refers to those memories that can be consciously recalled.

• Declarative (Explicit)

• Procedural

• Schema

• Botom-up processing

The memory of specific events that have occurred at a given time and in a given place.

• Episodic

• Procedural

• Semantic