Memory and Thought Vocabulary Quiz

the input, storage, and retrieval of what has been learned or experienced

• memory

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

the transforming of information so the nervous system can process it

• memory

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

the process by which information is maintained over a period of time

• memory

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

the process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory

• memory

• encoding

• storage

• retrieval

very brief memory storage immediately following initial stimulation of a receptor

• sensory memory

• semantic memory

• episodic memory

• procedural memory

memory that is limited in capacity to about seven items and in duration by the subject's active rehearsal

• sensory memory

• short-term memory

• procedural memory

• semantic memory

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

• retrieval

• declarative memory

• maintenance rehearsal

• procedural memory

the process of grouping items to make them easier to remember

• short-term memory

• maintenance rehearsal

• retrieval

• chunking

knowledge of language, including its rules, words, and meanings

• semantic memory

• episodic memory

• declarative memory

• procedural memory

chronological retention of the events of one's life

• semantic memory

• episodic memory

• declarative memory

• procedural memory