Psych Vocab ch 7
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- Memory
- the processes by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved
- Episodic memory
- a memory of a specific experienced event
- Flashbulb memory
- clear memories of emotionally significant moments of events
- Semantic memory
- a memory of general knowledge and information that can be recalled
- Explicit memory
- a memory of specific information
- Implicit memory
- a memory that consists of the skills and procedures one has learned
- Encoding
- translation of information into a form that can be stored in memory
- Storage
- the maintenance of encoded information over time
- Maintenance rehearsal
- the repetition of new information in an attempt to keep from forgetting it
- Elaborative rehearsal
- a memory device that creates a meaningful ling between new information and the information already known
- Retrieval
- the process of recalling information from memory storage
- Context-dependent memories
- information that is more easily retrieved in the context in which it was encoded and stored
- Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon
- the belief that a piece of information is stored in our memory although we cannot retrieve it easily
- Sensory memory
- the immediate, initial recording of sensory information in the memory system
- Iconic memory
- sensory register that briefly holds mental images of visual stimuli
- Eidetic imagery
- maintenance of a very detailed visual memory over several months
- Echoic memory
- the sensory register in which traces of sounds are held and may be retrieved within several seconds