Types Of Memory (Unit 5)

Memory of a specific event in it's entirety; like watching a video playback.

• episodic memory

• sensory memory

• procedural memory

• semantic memory

• short term memory

Information gathered by the senses for less than a second.

• episodic memory

• sensory memory

• procedural memory

• semantic memory

• flashbulb memory

Limited capacity of items to hold and only with rehearsal and repetition; holds 7 items (+ or - 2)

• episodic memory

• sensory memory

• procedural memory

• semantic memory

• short term memory

A vivid, lasting memory of how one learned of a shocking or surprising event.

• episodic memory

• sensory memory

• procedural memory

• semantic memory

• flashbulb memory

Memory of a skill acquired from experience.

• episodic memory

• sensory memory

• procedural memory

• semantic memory

• flashbulb memory

Memory of a specific fact

• episodic memory

• semantic memory

• explicit memory

• implicit memory

Memory that is clear in our minds. When we access it, we know we are using our memory.

• explicit memory

• implicit memory

• semantic memory

• episodic memory

Memory that we don't realize we are using. For instance, our memory on how to throw a ball.

• implicit memory

• explicit memory

• semantic memory

• episodic memory

Processes that you have memorized and know, but the details are not highly focused on

• Implicit Memory

• Explicit Memory

• Episodic Memory

• Echoic Memory

After looking up a phone number, Jim calls it, then forgets. The number was stored in his

• Short-Term Memory
• Long Term Memory
• Visual Memory
• Echoic Memory