PSYC100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Prospective Memory, Greater Media, List Of Memory Biases

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC100
• Professor: Agnes R.Ly

Document Summary

Chapter 7: memory: what is memory, memory is the nervous system"s capacity to retain and retrieve skills and. Knowledge: memory is the nervous system"s capacity to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge; information from experiences to storage and retrieval. Memories are stories that can be altered subtly by the process of recollection. All experiences are not equally likely to be remembered. There are different forms of memory: memory is the process of information, memory is a form of information processing. Encoding is the processing of information so that it can be stored; repetition/maintenance rehearsal is a shallow level of encoding. Storage is the retention of encoded representations over time. Consolidation is the neural process by which encoded information becomes stored in memory; short term memory to long term memory. Retrieval is the act of recalling or remembering stored information when it is needed.