Test Your Memory Knowledge

Study Notes

Memory has three stages: Sensory Memory, Short-Term Memory, and Long-Term Memory.
Atkinson and Shiffrin's model of memory is based on the belief that we process memories in the same way that a computer processes information.
Short-term memory has different forms and is like opening different files on a computer and adding information.
Memory trace decay and interference affect short-term memory retention.
Short-term memory capacity is around 7 plus or minus 2, but more contemporary research has found it to be 4 plus or minus 1.
Rehearsal moves information from short-term memory to long-term memory.
Short-term memory is a component of working memory.
Long-term memory storage capacity is believed to be unlimited.
Memories are organized in semantic (or associative) networks.
There are two types of long-term memory: explicit and implicit.

Long-term memory is divided into explicit and implicit memory.
Explicit memory is memory that can be put into words and is divided into episodic and semantic memory.
Episodic memory is memory about personal experiences and is reported as a story.
Semantic memory is knowledge about language and facts and is reported as facts.
Implicit memory is not part of our consciousness and is demonstrated in the performance of some task.
Implicit procedural memory is the memory for skilled actions.
Implicit priming is exposure to a stimulus that affects the response to a later stimulus.
Implicit emotional conditioning is the type of memory involved in classically conditioned emotion responses.
Implicit memories can influence observable behaviors and cognitive tasks.
Implicit memories cannot be consciously recalled and are learned outside of our awareness.