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Unit 2: Cognition (Intro to Memory)

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Memory that involves the conscious recollection of information,
Explicit memory
such as facts or events.
Memory that involves the recollection of specific events, situations,
Episodic memory
and experiences.
Memory that stores general knowledge and facts, independent of
Semantic memory
personal experience.
Memory that occurs without conscious effort and involves skills
Implicit memory
and procedures.
Memory responsible for knowing how to do things, like riding a
Procedural memory
bike or tying shoelaces.
Memory that involves remembering to perform a planned action or
Prospective memory
intention in the future.
A persistent increase in synaptic strength that underlies long-term
Long-term potentiation
memory.
A model that explains the active processing and manipulation of
Working memory model
information during short-term memory.
The system responsible for the immediate holding and processing
Primary memory system
of new information.
The component of the working memory model responsible for
Central executive
coordinating and controlling the other subsystems.
The subsystem of working memory responsible for the temporary
Phonological loop
storage of verbal information.
The subsystem of working memory responsible for the temporary
Visuospatial sketchpad
storage of visual and spatial information.
The system responsible for the storage of information over an
Long-term memory
extended period, potentially indefinitely.
A model that describes memory as consisting of three stores:
Multi-store model
sensory, short-term, and long-term memory.
The initial stage of memory that holds sensory information for a
Sensory memory
very brief period of time.
storage the retention of encoded information over time
Retrieval the process of getting information out of memory storage
A newer understanding of short-term memory that involves con-
Working Memory scious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial
information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory.
a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic
iconic memory or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a
second
a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is
echoic memory elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4
seconds
unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space,
automatic processing time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word
meanings
Effortful Processing encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
the processing of information into the memory system—for exam-
encoding
ple, by extracting meaning.
model of memory that assumes information that is more "deeply
processed," or processed according to its meaning rather than just
levels of processing model
the sound or physical characteristics of the word or words, will be
remembered more efficiently and for a longer period of time

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Unit 2: Cognition (Intro to Memory)
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_fm4c2w
encoding based on sensory characteristics, such as how some-
shallow encoding
thing looks or sounds
encoding based on an event's meaning as well as connections
deep encoding
between the new event and past experience
structural, phonemic, semantic three levels of processing

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