Psych 101 Test 2 (Tri-C)

The process of encoding, storage, consolidationg, and retrieval of information

The process of transforming information into a form that can be stored in memory

The process of bringing to mind information that has been stored in memory

The process of keeping or maintaining information in memory

A physiological change in the brain that allows encoded information to be stored in memory

Memory system that holds information from the senses for a period of time ranging from only a fraction of a second to about 2 seconds

Memory system that codes informationg according to sound and holds about seven (from 5-9 words) items for less than 30 seconds without rehearsal; also called working memory

The memory system with a virtually unlimited capacity that contains vast stores of person's permanent or relatively permanent memories

The event that occurs when short-term memory is filled to capacity and each new, incoming item pushes an existing item, which is then forgotten

Memory strategy that involves grouping or organzing bits of information into larger units, which are easier to remember

Repeating information over and over again until it is no longer needed

Memory strategy that involves relating new information to something that is already known

Subsystem within long-term memory that stores facts, information, and personal life events that can be brought to mind verbally or in the form of images and then declared or stated; also called explicit memory

Type of declarative memory that records events as they have been subjectively experienced

Type of declarative memory that stores general knowledge, or objective facts and information