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amnesia  The loss of memory. p. 258
connectionism (parallel distributed processing)  The theory that memory is stored throughout the brain in connections between neurons, several of which may work together to process a single memory. p. 245
elaboration  The extensiveness of processing at any given level of memory. p. 233
encoding  The way in which information gets into memory storage. p. 233
episodic memory  The retention of information about the where and when of life's happenings. p. 240
explicit memory (declarative memory)  The conscious recollection of information, such as specific facts or events and, at least in humans, information that can be verbally communicated. p. 240
implicit memory (nondeclarative memory)  Memory in which behavior is affected by prior experience with-out that experience being consciously recollected. p. 241
long-term memory  A relatively permanent type of memory that holds huge amounts of information for a long period of time. p. 239
memory  The retention of information over time through encoding, storage, and retrieval. p. 230
memory span  The number of digits an individual can repeat back in order after a single presentation of them. p. 237
priming  A type of implicit memory; information that people already have in storage is activated to help them remember new information better and faster. p. 241
proactive interference  Occurs when material that was learned earlier disrupts the recall of material learned later. p. 256
procedural memory  Memory for skills. p. 241
prospective memory  Remembering information about doing something in the future. p. 240
recall  A memory task in which the individual must retrieve previously learned information. p. 249
recognition  A memory task in which the individual only has to identify learned items when they are presented. p. 249
rehearsal  The conscious repetition of information to increase the durability of memory. p. 237
retrieval  The memory process of taking information out of storage. p. 248
retroactive interference  Occurs when material learned later disrupts the retrieval of information learned earlier. p. 256
retrospective memory  Remembering the past. p. 240
schema  A concept or framework that already exists at a given moment in a person's mind and that organizes and interprets information. p. 86
script  A schema for an event. p. 245
semantic memory  A person's knowledge about the world. p. 240
sensory memory  Holds information from the world in its original form only for an instant, not much longer than the brief time it is exposed to the visual, auditory, and other senses. p. 236
serial position effect  The tendency for items at the beginning and at the end of a list to be recalled more readily. p. 248
short-term memory  A limited-capacity memory system in which information is retained for only as long as 30 seconds unless strategies are used to retain it longer. p. 236
storage  Ways in which information is retained over time and how it is represented in memory. p. 235
working memory  A three-part system that temporarily holds information. Working memory is a kind of mental workbench on which information is manipulated and assembled to perform other cognitive tasks. p. 238







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