Psych - Unit 4 - Memory

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

• Memory
• Recall
• Encoding
• Interference

The collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular time and place

• Episodic Memory
• Semantic Memory
• Implicit Memory
• Sensory Memory

Learned facts and concepts that make up our general knowledge of the world

• Semantic Memory
• Episodic Memory
• Implicit Memory
• Sensory Memory

Memories we don't deliberately remember or reflect on consciously (skills & habits)

• Implicit Memory
• Episodic Memory
• Semantic Memory
• Sensory Memory

Three types of memory

• Episodic, Semantic & Implicit
• Sensory, Short-Term & Long-Term
• Repressed, Explicit & Sensory
• Episodic, Sensory & Semantic

Three stages of memory

• Sensory, Short-Term & Long-Term
• Episodic, Semantic & Implicit
• Episodic, Sensory & Semantic
• Repressed, Explicit & Sensory

The immediate, initial recording of sensory information in the memory system

• Sensory Memory
• Short-Term Memory
• Long-Term Memory
• Implicit Memory

Capacity to store small amounts of information for limited periods of time

• Short-Term Memory
• Long-Term Memory
• Implicit Memory
• Sensory Memory

Capacity for storing large amounts of information for long periods and possibly permanently

• Long-Term Memory
• Sensory Memory
• Short-Term Memory
• Implicit Memory

Converting stimuli into a form capable of being processed and stored in memory

• Encoding
• Storage
• Retrieval
• Forgetting