AP Unit 7 Review

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

• memory

• cognition

• thinking

• language

The processing of information into the memory system

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

The retention of encoded information over time

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

The process of getting information out of memory storage

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

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

• sensory memory

• short-term memory

• long-term memory

Activated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as the seven digits of a phone number while dialing, before information is stored or forgotten; also includes working memory

• sensory memory

• short-term memory

• long-term memory

The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system, includes knowledge, skills, and experiences

• sensory memory

• short-term memory

• long-term memory

The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions. Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving

• parallel processing

• automatic processing

• effortful processing

• rehearsal

Unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well learned information, such as word meanings

• parallel processing

• automatic processing

• effortful processing

• rehearsal

Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

• parallel processing

• automatic processing

• effortful processing

• rehearsal