General Psychology
Memory
(1) Introduction
Memory in terms of information processing
encoding
storage
retrieval
Memory systems
sensory memory
short-term memory
long-term memory
(2) Encoding
Automatic versus effortful processing
Importance of rehearsal, spacing, and serial position
Importance of meaning, imagery, and organization such as chunking (exercise in imagery)
(3) Storage
Sensory memory
iconic and echoic memories
Short-term memory: a very limited, seconds long retention of up to about seven items.
Long-term memory: nearly unlimited capacity to permanently store information
long term potentiation
hippocampus and explicit memory
cerebellum and implicit memory (conditioning)
(4) Retrieval
Recognition: a measure of memory where one identifies items previously learned (multiple-choice exam)
Recall: a measure of memory where one retrieves previously learned information with the help of few cues
Retrieval cues
priming
state dependent memory
mood congruent memory
deja vu
Interference (forgetting)
proactive/retroactive
repression
Reliability
repression
misinformation effect
source amnesia