Chapter 7: Human Memory

Chapter 7: Human Memory

1. Encoding

   • is the formation of a memory
   • Elaboration is linking info together to create a deeper memory
   • self-referencing encoding is when a memory is encoded with a personal reference
   • Sensory memory preserves a memory for only a breif amount of time.

2. Storage

   • is the maintaining of a memory
   • is when a memory is taken and placed into ether the short term memory or the long term memory
   • linking is when items are grouped or linked to remember them better
   • Mind Palace is an imaginary room where memories are stored with a location
   • keyword is when the memory is matched with an abstract word to better remember it

3. Retrieval

   • is the recovering of a memory from storage
   • is when a stimulus triggers the retrevial of a memory
   • recall is when no cue is needed to stimulate a memory

4. Types of memory

   • Short-term memory is a memory that can only be stored unrehearsed for 20sec
   • chunking is grouping like-info
   • long term memory is a memory that can be held over a long peirod of time
   • Flashbulb memorys are memorys that are vivid and breif
   • Implicit memory is a memory that shows up without inital remembering where as explicit is when it is consciously recollected

5. Forgetting

   • the loss or inability to retreive a memory
   • decay is the gradual loss of a memory
   • interference theory is when people forget because they are trying to remember an overabundance of other things
   • Retroactive interfearence is when new info conflicts with old info
   • Repression is when a memory is unable to be recalled because of trama or distress