Memory Vocab Quiz

Encoding is...

• the initial learning of information. This is how info coming from sensory input is processed and changed into a different form so it can be stored.

• A storage system used to encode small amounts of information in conscious awareness for about a dozen seconds.

• The process of learning information (encoding it in memory) by using REPETITION.

• stimuli that helps people retrieve memories.

_______ memory, also called implicit memory, is a type of long term memory involved in the performance of different actions or skills. Memory of how to do certain things

Another name for short term memory, especially as it is used for thinking and problem solving.

• Priming

• Cognitive Memory

• Implicit Memory

• Working Memory

The correct definition of "priming" is...

• The ability to identify a familiar stimulus or situation that had been previously encountered.

• occurs when the individual is influenced in making a difference due to specific auditory cues.

• occurs when the individuals exposure to certain stimulus influences their response to a subsequent prompt.

• The process of recalling an entire memory from a particle cue. Knowing the statement with just the first few words.

T V I B M U S N Y M C A = TV | IBM | USN | YMCA

A "bit" is a single meaningful piece of information, such as a digit. It is as if short term memory has _______ "slots" or "bins" into which separate items can be placed.

Elaborative Processing is...

• Elaborate memory of a specific event

• Information your brain elaborates on for unconscious retrieval

• The intentional recollection of newly learned info.

• forming links between newly learned information to memories already stored in the Long Term memory system

A kind of long term memory that is conceptual. It is the capacity to recall learned facts such as words, concepts, or numbers.

Unlimited Capacity storage system that can hold information over lengthy periods of time. THREE WORDS

Sensory Memory is...

• fleeting storage system for sensory impressions. Only stored long enough for retrieval and encoding.

• Storage systems used to hold small amounts of information in conscious awareness for about a dozen seconds.

• The ability to identify a familiar stimulus or situation that had been previously encountered.

• The mental process of retrieving past information