Memory

Memory retrieval in which a person identifies an object, idea, or situation as one he or she has or has not experienced before

• recognition

• recall

• storage

• retrieval

The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory

• encoding

• retrieval

• chunking

• recognition

Fading away of memory over time

• interference

• confabulation

• schemas

• decay

blockage of memory by previous or subsequent memories or loss of a retrieval cue

• confabulation

• decay

• interference

• episodic

Conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world

• procedural

• semantic

• chunking

• schemas

The transforming of information so the nervous system can process it

• retrieval

• storage

• encoding

• confabulation

The act of filling in memory gaps

• confabulation

• chunking

• storage

• encoding

The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember

• encoding

• recognition

• chunking

• episodic

The process by which information is maintained over a period of time

• encoding

• confabulation

• procedural

• storage

Memory retrieval in which a person reconstructs previously learned material

• storage

• retrieval

• recall

• encoding