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Memory: Encoding, Storage, Long-Term Memory, and Retrieval

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Summary

Memory is an information-processing system that allows us to take in, retain, and use information. This lesson introduces the three basic memory processes and explains how information first enters the system.

Memory is the set of processes used to encode, store, and retrieve information over time. A computer offers a useful, though imperfect, analogy: information is entered, saved, and later accessed. Human memory is more complex and does not work exactly like a computer.

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What is semantic encoding?
Encoding information according to its meaning.
What is the self-reference effect?
The tendency to remember information better when it relates to oneself.
What is elaborative rehearsal?
Connecting new information to knowledge already stored in memory.
What are semantic networks?
Networks of linked concepts in long-term memory.
What is relearning?
Learning information again, often more quickly because it was learned before.

Quiz questions

  1. Which kind of encoding focuses on the sound of words?Answer: Acoustic encoding.
  2. What does the central executive do in the working memory model?Answer: Coordinates information among working-memory systems and with long-term memory.
  3. Which pair consists of types of explicit memory?Answer: Episodic memory and semantic memory.
  4. What is spreading activation in long-term memory?Answer: Activation of one concept partly activates related concepts.
  5. A person sees a familiar name on a list and identifies it as someone they know. Which retrieval method is this?Answer: Recognition.

Based on Psychology 2e by Rose M. Spielman, William J. Jenkins, Marilyn D. Lovett (OpenStax), licensed CC BY 4.0. Adapted into a summary, flashcards and quizzes.

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