EACH TYPE OF MEMORY DIFFERS IN?
Duration, capacity, content.
Duration
How long it lasts
Capacity
size of storage
content
type of into.
sensory Memory
where sensory information from the environment in its raw form is stored for a very brief period.
-echoic and iconic
Maintenance Rehearsal
simple repetition/ rote memorization of info without engaging deeply with its meaning. → doing it by itself only helps with STM.
Elaborate Rehersal
actively engaging and making meaningful connections between new into and existing knowledge / experiences. It enhances encoding and helps with LTM.
Autobiographical Memory
contains information about OURSELVES (personal experiences, events, and facts from our lives). Includes both episodic memories and semantic memories. Can be influenced by biological processes
Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
extreme autobiographical memory
Amnesia
condition that is the partial or complete loss of memory. Caused by many different things and can vary in severity.
Retrograde Amnesia
forgetting events that occurred BEFORE an injury or trauma.
Anterograde Amnesia
occurs when the hippocampus is damaged, resulting in the inability to “Create” LTM - forcing a person to always live in the present.
Infantile Amnesia
having trouble recalling episodic memories from childhood as an adult.
Alzheimer’s Disease
a degenerative disease in which memory loss is progressive and plaques accumulate in nervous system tissues.
