Memory - The mechanism we use to create, maintain and retrieve information about the past
Encoding, Storage, Retrieval - Name the 3 processes included in memory
Encoding - Processes used to store information in memory
Storage - Processes used to maintain information in memory
Retrieval - Processes used to get information back out of memory
Recognition and Recall - What two things are used during the retrieval process of memory?
Recognition - Retrieval of a piece of information when presented with a piece of information; On a test,
this would be indicated through multiple choice questions
Recall - Retrieval of a piece of information when not presented with a piece of information; On a test,
this would be indicated through fill in the blank/short answer questions
Schemata - Memories are not exact copies of past events, but reconstructions according to
________________.
Schemata - Mental models of the world
Add, Eliminate - Sir Bartlett stated that when memorizing a story, we ________ and _____________
elements to make the story more coherent.
Schema - We combine new information with our old _____________.
, Long-Term Memory and Short-Term Memory - What are the two main types of memory?
Explicit memory - Memory that involves conscious recall.
Semantic and Episodic - What two types of memory are included in explicit memory?
Semantic memory - Facts and general knowledge, detached from personal experience; Ex: what you
learn in class ("When did WW2 begin?)
Episodic memory - Personally experienced events, autobiographical; Ex: what you were doing when,
where, how, etc. ("What did you do yesterday?, What is your first memory as a child?)
Implicit memory - Memory without conscious recall; Memory for things that do not require conscious
awareness.
Procedural memory and priming - What two types of memory are included in implicit memory?
Procedural memory - Motor and cognitive skills
Priming - Enhanced identification of objects or words, in which exposure to a stimulus affects the
response to another stimulus (Ex: Petal vs. plate experiment)
Word-Stem Completion Task - A cognitive task in which the respondent is given the first few letters of a
word (such as VIK ... ) and tries to complete the word as quickly as possible
Procedural - What type of memory is involved when you just "know how" to do something?
Episodic - What type of memory is involved when you remember what you had for dinner on your last
date?
Priming - What type of memory is involved when your choice is influenced by what you saw or heard?
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