AP Psych Myers Unit 7A Flashcards

463160163	Memory	The persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information.
463160164	Encoding	The processing of information into the memory system.
463160165	Storage	The retention of encoded information over time.
463160166	Retrieval	The process of getting information out of memory storage.
463160167	Sensory Memory	The immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system.
463160168	Short-Term Memory	Activated memory that holds a few items briefly, before the information is stored or forgotten.
463160169	Long-Term Memory	The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge, skills, and experiences
463160170	Working Memory	A newer understanding of short-term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory.
463160171	Parallel Processing	The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions, including vision.
463160172	Automatic Processing	Unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings.
463160173	Effortful Processing	Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort.
463160174	Rehearsal	The conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it or to encode it.
463160175	Spacing Effect	The tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through cramming.
463160176	Serial Position Effect	Our tendency to recall best the last and first items on a list
463160177	Visual Encoding	The encoding of picture images.
463160178	Acoustic Encoding	The encoding of sound, especially the sound of words.
463160179	Semantic Encoding	The encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words.
463160180	Imagery	Mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing.
463160181	Mnemonics	Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices.
463160182	Chunking	Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically.
463160183	Iconic Memory	A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli.
463160184	Echoic Memory	A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli.
463160185	Tactile Memory	Part of sensory memory, sensory registry that holds encoded touch stimuli.
463160186	Gustatory Memory	Part of sensory memory, sensory registry that holds encoded taste stimuli.
463160187	Olfactory Memory	Part of sensory memory, sensory registry that holds encoded smell stimuli.
463160188	Long-Term Potentiation	An increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory.
463160189	Amnesia	The loss of memory.
463160190	Implicit Memory	Retention independent of conscious recollection.
463160191	Explicit Memory	Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare."
463160192	Hippocampus	A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage.
463160193	Recall	A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test.
463160194	Recognition	A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test.
463160195	Priming	The activation, often unconsciously, of certain associations, thus predisposing one's perception, memory, or response.
463160196	Mood-Congruent Memory	The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood.
463160197	Proactive Interference	The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.
463160198	Retroactive Interference	The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information.
463160199	Misinformation Effect	Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event.
463160200	Misattribution	A memory fault that occurs when memories are retrieved but are associated with the wrong time, place, or person.