memory
Persistence of learning over time via encoding, stoage, and retrieval
Recognition
Identifying things previously learned
Recall
Retrieving info you learned earlier
Effortful processing
Consciously paying attention and effort to learn
Automatic processing
Unsconsious encoding (time, space, frequency)
Method of loci
Based on cognitive maps. mental imagery of what you learned
Concept maps
Map connxns of places
Hierarchy of concepts
Grouping
Distributed practice-
spread out over time with breaks in between
elaborative rehearsal
Connecting new ingo to personal experiences
Stages of learning
Event is processed with sensory input to sensory memory
Encoded into working memory
Enfoded to LT memory
Sensory memory
Captures near exact copy of sensory stimuli for brie time
Iconic memory
High level of detail- isaul, for a few seconds
Echoic memory
Exact memory of sounds
short term memory holds onto and processes X amount of information
Limited
How long does ST memory last without recall?
30 seconds
Distracting ST memory X it
Decreases