Psychology 1, Memory Review

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 first stage of memory that involves information bombarding us every second.  

• sensory memory
• short-term memory
• automatic processing
• effortful processing

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

Organizing items into familiar, manageable units.

• chunking
• mnemonic
• relearning
• recall

Our memory for skills, such as riding a bike.

• implicit memory
• explicit memory
• echoic memory
• iconic memory

Our memory for facts, such as psych vocabulary.

• explicit memory
• implicit memory
• priming
• next-in-line effect

The human capacity for storing long-term memories is

• roughly equal to seven units of information
• enhanced through hypnosis
• essentially unlimited
• typically much greater in young children than in adults

The magical number seven, plus or minus two” refers to the storage capacity of ________ memory

• explicit   
• short-term   
• implicit   
• sensory

Fading away of memory

• Amnesia
• Decay
• Interference 
• Repression