Denmark Unit 5 Memory AP Psych

a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. 

•  implicit memory
• echoic memory
• sensory memory
• flashbulb memory

the retention of encoded information over time. 

• memory 
•  storage
• imagery 
• recall

a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test. 

• recall 
• memory 
• rehearsal
• recognition

the conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage. 

• rehearsal
• retrieval
• relearning
• recall

the process of getting information out of memory storage. 

• recall 
• rehearsal
• priming
• retrieval

the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system. 

• echoic memory
• sensory memory
• working memory
• short term memory

the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information. 

• proactive interference 
• retroactive interference
• serial position effect 
• spacing effect

the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences. 

• short-term memory
• sensory memory 
• long-term memory
• iconic memory

organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically. 

• relearning 
• chunking 
• encoding
• priming

a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second. 

• iconic memory
• implicit memory
• echoic memory
• working memory