Memory Terms

3. recognize from a list of alternatives
6. a type of long-term memory containing information that is conscious and known
10. maintenance of encoded information over time
11. a memory that is an active system and processes the information in short-term memory (STM)
13. failure to process information into memory
14. the brief memory of something a person has just heard
17. memory that consists of the skills & procedures one has learned
19. General knowledge & information that can be recalled
20. a rehearsal that is relating new information to old

1. the memory system in which information is held for brief periods of time while being used
2. translation of information into a form that can be stored in memory
4. retrieve info from memory w/o help
5. the point at which information enters the nervous system through the sensory systems
7. the system of memory into which all the information is placed to be kept more or less permanently
8. a clear memory of an emotionally significant event
9. memory of a specific event
12. the process of recalling information from memory storage
15. visual sensory memory lasting only a fraction of a second
16. process by which we recollect prior experiences,information & skills learned in the past
18. a type of rehearsal that is repeating