Edpy Final Exam Study Guide

Front 1

the organs that receive information from the environment in the form of physical signals

Back 1

Sensory Registers

Front 2

contains the signals that are selected for further processing

-Information can be held for 5 to 20 seconds

-Looking up a telephone number

Back 2

Short term/working memory

Front 3

the repository of information that the individual has processed for retention.

-Information may be retained for days, months, and years.

Back 3

Long term memory

Front 4

the process that selects and recognizes some of the physical signals in sensory memory.

Example: Recognizing the scent of a rose or the faces of friends

Back 4

Perception

Front 5

processing information in working memory for storage in long-term memory.

Back 5

Encoding

Front 6

repeating information over and over. Very insufficient because information is quickly forgotten

Back 6

Maintenance Rehearsal

Front 7

transforms the information in some way.

- Involves forming connections to material that is already in long-term memory and constructing other cues for later recall

Back 7

Elaborative Rehearsal

Front 8

useful for specific items of information, including arbitrary sets of information

-Examples: ROYGBIV acronyms

Back 8

Mnemonics

Front 9

accessing information that the individual has stored

*Requires effort and reconstruction of the material
*Cues for retrieval – internal, external, or combo.

Back 9

Retrieval