Psych Unit 1: Weeks 3-4 Key Terms

1. Type of memory that stores information on how to perform tasks and actions, such as riding a bike, without conscious awareness of the learned skill.

• 1. Episodic memory

• 1. Semantic memory

• 1. Procedural memory

• 1. Spatial memory

1. The process of keeping encoded information in the brain over time for future retrieval.

• Decay

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Storage

1. People with this type of memory loss forget the period of time leading up to the traumatic event. 

• 1. Anterograde amnesia

• 1. Infantile amnesia

• 1. Retrograde amnesia

• 1. Short-term amnesia

1. Memory of a specific event from personal experience, can include the time, place, and emotions associated with those events. 

• 1. Episodic memory

• 1. Procedural memory

• 1. Semantic memory

• 1. Spatial memory

1. The process of accessing and bringing stored information into conscious awareness for use.

• Decay

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Storage

1. Type of memory that allows people to remember locations and spatial relationships between objects.

• 1. Episodic memory

• 1. Semantic memory

• 1. Procedural memory

• 1. Spatial memory

1. The phenomenon where people have little to no memory of their earlier childhood experiences, typically before the age of three or four.

• 1. Anterograde amnesia

• 1. Infantile amnesia

• 1. Retrograde amnesia

• 1. Short-term amnesia

1. The cognitive system responsible for storing information over extended periods of time, allowing for the retention and recall of knowledge, experiences, and skills.

• 1. Short-term memory

• 1. Working memory

• 1. Long-term memory

• 1. Semantic memory

1. The fading away of memory over time.

• Decay

• Retrieval

• Encoding

• Storage

1. People with this type of memory lose the ability to store new memories.

• 1. Anterograde amnesia

• 1. Infantile amnesia

• 1. Retrograde amnesia

• 1. Short-term amnesia