Chapter 10 Vocab Review

The transforming of information so the nervous system can process it.

• schemas

• storage

• encoding

• recall

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

• precedes

• storage

• chunking

• recall

Conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world.

Answer explanation

schemas

Fading away of memory over time.

(a)  

The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember.

• recognition

• series

• chunking

• storage

A system for remembering that involves repeating information to oneself without attempting to find meaning in it.

(a)  

Very brief memory storage immediately following initial stimulation of a receptor.

• storage

• index

• confabulation

• sensory memory

Chronological retention of the events of one's life.

(a)  

The act of filling in memory gaps.

• confabulation

• index

• decay

• mental

To enter into a sequential arrangement of material.

(a)