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UNIT 4 Psych Part 2

Modules 24-26 Psych

TermDefinition
Memory The persistence of learning over time. A system that encodes, stores, and retrieves information.
Recall retrieving information learned earlier.
Recognition identify items previously learned.
Relearning assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again.
Encoding The modification of information to fit the preferred format for the memory system.
Retrieval The locating and recovering of information from memory.
Sensory Memory Shortest of our memories. Holds sights, sounds, smells, textures. No meaning is given.
Working Memory Short-Term Memory. Sorting and encoding information before transferring it to long-term memory.
Long-Term Memory No limit to the duration or capacity. Implicit and Explicit.
Explicit Memory Declarative Memory. Knowing what.
Implicit Memory Procedural Memory. Knowing how.
Self-Reference Effect cognitive phenomenon in which individuals demonstrate better recall and retention for information that is personally relevant or related to their self-concept.
Flashbulb Memories emotionally intense events that become “burned in” as a vivid-seeming memory.
Priming Triggers a thread of associations that bring us to a concept.
Serial Position Effect The tendency, when learning information in a long list, to more likely recall the first items and the last items.
Retrograde Amnesia inability to retrieve memory of the past.
Anterograde Amnesia inability to form new long-term explicit memories.
Created by: agfriesen
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