Psychology Encoding Flashcards

Encoding is the process of getting information into the memory system; storage is the retention of encoded information over time; retrieval is the process of getting information out of memory storage.

The unconscious and effortless process of encoding certain information such as space, time, and frequency.

Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort.

<p>The conscious repetition of information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Continuing to rehearse even after it has been memorized.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list more easily.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ability to recall information near the beginning of a list.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ability to recall information near the end of a list.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The tendency for distributed practice to yield better retention than is achieved through massed practice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Spreading rehearsal out in several sessions separated by periods of time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Putting all rehearsal together in one long session.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Encoding information that is meaningful enhances recall.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Encoding information based on the sounds of the information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Encoding information based on the images of the information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Enhanced semantic encoding of information that is personally relevant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Visual images easily encode.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A memory trick or technique.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A mnemonic device in which you associate items you want to remember with imaginary places.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A mnemonic device in which you associate items you want to remember with a list of words you already have memorized.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organizing information into meaningful units.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sensory memory, short-term memory (including working memory), and long-term memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Brief, initial coding of sensory information in the memory system, including iconic (visual) and echoic (sound) stores.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Part of your memory that contains information you are consciously aware of before it is stored more permanently or forgotten.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A vivid clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An increase in a synapse's firing efficiency that occurs when the sequence of neurons that represents a particular memory fires repeatedly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Memory of facts and experiences.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Memory of skills and procedures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process of getting information out of memory storage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type of retrieval in which you must search for information that you previously stored.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Type of retrieval in which you must identify items you learned earlier.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Enhanced ability to retrieve information when you are in an environment similar to the one in which you encoded the information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Enhanced ability to retrieve information when you are in the same physical and emotional state you were in when you encoded the information.</p> Signup and view all the answers