Crash Course psych #13 - memory

learning that has persisted over time, information that has been stored and can be retrieved

• Long Term Memory

• Short Term Memory

• Automatic Processing

• Memory

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

• Long Term Memory

• Short Term Memory

• Automatic Processing

• Memory

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

• Long Term Memory

• Short Term Memory

• Automatic Processing

• Memory

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

• Long Term Memory

• Short Term Memory

• Automatic Processing

• Memory

a newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory

• Working Memory

• Explicit Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Implicit Memory

memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare"

• Working Memory

• Explicit Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Implicit Memory

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

• Working Memory

• Explicit Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Implicit Memory

retention independent of conscious recollection

• Working Memory

• Explicit Memory

• Sensory Memory

• Implicit Memory

a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test

• mnemonics

• relearning

• recognition

• recall

encoding semantically, based on the meaning of the words; tends to yield the best retention

• explicit memory

• sensory memory

• shallow processing

• deep processing