| long term | | Eidectic Memorizers' amazing skills are based on |
| relearning | | During the memory making process, incoming information must first be____ |
| photographic memory | | The problem with these are that no matter how real they may seem, they must still be verified with medical or police data |
| short term | | A common phenomena where a person "updates" memories on the basis of logic, reasoning, or new information. Such as I take my husband to a restaurant and ask if his meal was as good as the last time we ate there. HINT: I've never taken my husband to this restaurant. |
| proactive interference | | A person might have this when they have internal images that are so vivid it is as if the person were looking at the actual person, place, or thing |
| disuse | | Sometimes called "fact" memory, it can be further divided into semantic and episodic memory |
| elaborative rehearsal | | 10 letter word that is 1of 3 commonly used memory tasks |
| suppression | | Due to its extensive popular media coverage, this type of memory has caused a reduction in sensitivity to actual abuse |
| memory cues | | This refers to the fact that most memory chores are handeled by STM |
| decay | | Records personal experiences that are linked to specific times and places |
| maintenance rehearsal | | The fact that many elderly and/or even senile persons have excellent long-term meories tends to cast doubt upon this theory as a reason for forgetting |
| Tip of the Tongue | | this memory system holds small bits of info for relatively brief time periods. |
| storage | | The "unconscious" act of pushing memories out of mental awareness |
| mnemonic | | OLD Memories interfere with retrieval of NEW Memories (such as with an old microwave prevents you from being able to program the new one) |
| reconition | | An amazing ability to correctly identify previously learned info, such as with a multiple choice or matching exam |
| encoded | | Visual images that must be "scanned" for at least 30 seconds and then "projected" out in front of the person onto a blank surface in order to be "seen" |
| procedural memory | | In order for a memory to be useful, it must be |
| Repression | | This memory system acts as a lasting storehouse for knowledge. |
| retroactive interference | | When a person silently repeats info over |
| eidectic | | The fading or weakening of a memory trace due to a passage of time is called |
| visual images | | Any type of memory system or aid, such as using the acronym "Roy G Biv" to remember the colors of the spectrum or "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally-PEMDAS" to remember how to do the order of operations in an equation with more than one type of mathematical operation |
| declarative memory | | The feeling that the memory is available or "right there", but somehow still just out of reach |
| retrieved | | When memories are available but not accesible, these stimuli associated with memories, often aid in its retreival (such as with 9/11) |
| dual memory | | Records impersonal knowledge of the world. |
| constructive processing | | Direct retrieval of facts or information, such as with an essay quiz or a discussion question would be |
| semantic memory | | This occurs when a person makes a conscious effort to put something out of their mind |
| false memory | | Often referrred to as "skill" memory |
| recovered memory | | In contrast to maintenance rehearsal, this type of rehearsal links new info with old or existing memories |
| episodic memory | | This occurs when a person NEW Memories interefere with the retrieval of OLD Memories (such as with a new cell phone # keeping you from remembering your old cell#) |
| recall | | After information is encoded, it must be held for later use. This is known as |
