Psychology I Unit 4 Review

the process by which we recollect prior experiences and information and skills learned in the past

• storage

• retrieval

• memory

• encoding

memory of a specific event

• implicit memory

• episodic memory

• sensory memory

• explicit memory

memory of facts, words, and concepts

• implicit memory

• episodic memory

• semantic memory

• explicit memory

implied memory, practiced skills and learned habits

• implicit memory

• episodic memory

• semantic memory

• explicit memory

the first process of memory - the translation of information into a form in which it can be used

• encoding

• retrieval

• storage

• maintenance

the second process in memory - the maintenance of encoded information over a period of time

• encoding

• retrieval

• storage

• maintenance

mechanical or rote repetition of info in order to keep from forgetting it (EX: actors rehearsing lines)

• maintenance rehearsal

• elaborative rehearsal

which requires more "deep processing" of information?

• maintenance rehearsal

• elaborative rehearsal

memories that can be retrieved more readily when the person is in a similar situation or environment as when the info was learned

• context-dependent memory

• state-dependent memory

our tendency to recall best the first and last items on a list

• serial-position effect

• state-dependent memory

• sensory memory

• iconic memory