Memory chapter 3

	The capacity to store and retrieve information.
	The intial processing of information that leads to a representation in memory.
	Retention over time of encoded material.
	Rocovery at a later time, of stored information.
	Memory system which records lots of sensory information for a very short period of time. (seconds)
	Visual momory system which stores "icons" (visuals) for about one second.
	Auditory memory system that stores sound for as long as 5 to 10 seconds.
	Touch memory system.
	A built-in memory mechanism that allows us to focus our thinking abilities on a small amount of information.
	7+/-2 Rule short-term memory.
	Continuous repating of information in order to remember it.
	Process of reconfiguring items by grouping them into larger patterns.
	Technique during storage where we memorize elaborate, detailed thoughts along with the items to be learned.
	Storing information be associating it with familiar, precious stored information.
	The storehouse of all info that has been acquired from sensory and short-term memory.
	Memories of specific events that you have personally experienced.
	Generic category memories.
	Reproducing information to which you were previously exposed.
	Relilzation that a certain stimulus is one you have seen or heard before.
	Stimulus "helpers" that aid in recall or recognition.
	Memories emerge most efficiently when the context of retreival matches the context of learning.
	Your memory process that allows a moment by moment fluidity of thought.
	Retained information without conscious recollection.
	Memories of facts and experiences that you consciously know.
	"Saying" and recording information.
	Forming a mental picture in the mind and then estimating a response.
	The coordination of sensory information visual spatial and long-term memory.
	Sometimes memories compete and complicate the process of retrieval.
	Information acquired in the interferes with learning of new information.
	Acquisation of new information makes it harder to remember older memories.
	Failure of memory over time. (short-term memory)
	Memory can no longer be formed after some form of damage.
	Access to memory formed before an injury is denied or limited.
	OUr tendency to recall the first and last items in a list.
	First few items are well recalled.
	Last few Items are well recalled.
	Memories can be recalled more easily if they are remembered "distinctively"
	A feeling or sensation that we know the information (its in our memory) but we can't access it.
	Mental representation of a category.
	A non-specific "average" image of your experiences in a certain category.
	Clusters of knowledge or information regarding objects, people, situations and emotions that help us understand something.
	Indirect memories, not remembered directly, but reconstructed from "common sense".
	Simplify the story or memory.
	Highlighting or overemphasizing certain details.
	Change the details to better fit the participants own background of knowledge.
	The ability to witness an event and accuratly report what you've seen or heard.
	Information presented after an event that can alter or impair a memory.