Memory; Mod23 B

What memory task were people given to test the duration of short-term memory?

• People were given triplets of consonants

• People were given phone numbers

• People were given several unrelated words

a way to encode information into memory to keep it from decaying and make it easier to retrieve.

• encoding

• recognition

• effortful processing strategy

A mnemonic

• is a concept that is easy to remember in certain states of mind

• is a way to chunk information into more manageable units

• is a memory trick that connects information to existing memory strengths such as imagery or structure

A branching/nested set of categories and sub-categories

• mnemonic

• hierarchy

• peg word system

This refers to cramming information all at once. It is not time-effective.

• the spacing effect

• massed practice

• a mnemonic device

When encoding information, we are more likely to retain it if we deeply process even a simple word list by focusing on the __________________ (meaning) of the words.

• implicit value

• encoding

• semantics

Relating material to ourselves in order to aid encoding and retention makes use of

• the self-reference effect

• a peg-word system

• automatic processing