Memory Encoding: Visual vs Acoustic

APPEARS TO BE MORE FLEETING AND VULNERABLE TO DECAY THAN ACOUSTIC ENCODING.

•Based on reflecting on our own memory processes with a view to improving our memory

Most information stored in long term memory is primarily ........ encoded.

to move information into long term memory , an individual must engage in ..... rehearsal , in which the person meaningfully integrates the items into what the person already knows.

process of integrating new information into stored information

We have tendency to remember words by clustering them into categories (example : animals) . What type of encoding?

errors:participants substituted letters that sounded like the correct letter (example : B for P)

repeated recitation of an item

the person simply repetitiously rehearses the items to be repeated , temporarily maintains information in short term memory without transferring it to long term memory.

tend to remember information longer when they acquire it via ...... (i.e., various sessions spaced over time) rather than via ...... (session crammed together all at once)