PSYC 101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Procedural Memory, Retrograde Amnesia, Working Memory
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The process of relating new information in a meaningful way to knowledge that is already stored in memory. The process of storing new information by covering it into mental pictures. The process of categorizing information according to the relationships among a series of items. Holds non-sensory information for more than a few seconds but less than a minute. The process of keeping information in short- term memory by mentally repeating it. Combining small pieces of information into larger clusters or chunks that are more easily held in short-term memory. Active maintenance of information in short- term storage. A type of storage that holds information for hours, days, weeks, or years. The inability to transfer new information from the short-term store into the long-term store. The inability to retrieve information that was acquired before a particular date, usually the date of an injury or surgery. The process by which memories become stable in the brain.
