Answer These Sensory Memory Questions Flashcards

Sensory memory- which focuses on encoding. It holds info that enter the senses for a short time while we select what it is important. 1/4 for iconic or visual info to 2 seconds for echoic or audio

Short term memory- functions are to temporarily store info and convert to LTM. It lasts for less than 60 seconds if not rehearsed. It is also where you solve many of your basic problems that you overcome

Long term memory is a storehouse for memory. Can hold limitless info

Encoding- Transforming into a way that can be storedStorage- Retention of encoded material over timeRetrieval-self explanatory

Maintenance rehearsal is silently repeating something over and overElaborative rehearsal- Linking new information to older memories

Procedural memory- Typing writing a bike etcDeclarative memory- facts events

Recall- a direct retrieval of facts or informationrecognition- ability to remember previously learned material

Remebering words that were at the beggining and end of listsPrimary effect- Greater recall of items that were presented first in a list of itemsRecency effect- Greater recall of last items

Distinctiveness is more accurate recall of items that are distinctive, AKA artichoke. Flashbulb memories are not accurate. They are vivid memories of an event that caused an intense emotional reaction

Relearning is looking over the same material againSaving score is first time it took an hour second time 45 minutes score is 25 percent

In recall you remeber information. Recognition is not rembering something but being primed into rembering it. IE recognition is mutiple choice exams

Forgetting because never had the information in the first place. IE what does a penny look like?

Decay- Fading over time in STM if not accessedDisuse- Forgetting in LTM

Proactive learning- Previously learned info affects recall of info that you learned later: learn A Learn B Test BRetroactive learning- new learning inhibits old learning Learn A Learn B Test A

Cue dependent forgetting is forgetting something because of lack of cues. State dependent learning means to learn something you must be in the same state that you were in when you learned it