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The way in which we record the past for later use in the present.: Memory
The conversion of information into a form that can be stored in memory: Encoding
The creation of a trace of this information within the nervous system: storage
An attempt to recover a memory trace: Retrieval
The first person to investigate memory scientifically and systematically.: Ebbinghaus
Having better recall for words earlier in a list: Primacy Effect
the tendency to better recall words at the end of a list: Recency effect
H.M developed epilepsy after damage to lobe of his brain?: Temporal
Craik and Watkins (1973) found this kind of rehearsal ineffective: Maintenance
A way of relating items of information to each other (recoding) so that they can be more readily recalled: Chunking
an updated way of describing the short term memory: Working memory
the rehearsal by which the subject organises and relates new information to material that is already held in their LTM: elaborative
Recalling a sequence of items from memory. Attach them to a sequence of locations so when you think of those locations, it comes to mind.: Method Of Loci
according to Godden and Baddley, recall is easier if the environments are _____________: Similar
_________ Amnesia means you can't form new memories: Anterograde
___________ Amnesia means you can't remember certain things from the past: retrograde
the strengthening of a trace overtime: consolidation
the memory of autobiographical events: Episodic
the memory that processes ideas and concepts that are not drawn from personal experience: semantic
One of the two main types of memory, acquired and used unconsciously: Implicit
One of the two main types of memory that requires conscious thought: Explicit
the strengthening of a trace over time with potential for alteration: reconsolidation