Memory
Eidetic Imagery
Maintenance of detailed visual memories over several minutes.
Episodic Memory
Memories of events experienced by a person or that take place in the person's presence.
Retrospective Memory
Memory for past exerts, activities, and learning experiences, as shown by explicit (episodic and semantic) and implicit memories.
Explicit Memory
Memory that clearly and distinctly express (explicated) specific information; also referred to as declarative memory.
Implicit Memory
Memory that is suggested (implied) but not plainly expressed, as illustrated in the things that people do but do not state clearly; also referred to as nondeclarative memory.
Icon
Mental representation of a visual stimulus that is held briefly in sensory memory
Working Memory
Same as short term memory
Iconic Memory
Sensory register that briefly holds mental representations of visual stimuli.
Sensory Register
System of memory that holds information briefly, but long enough so that you are able to process further.
Long Term Memory
Type or stage of memory capable of relatively permanent storage
Schema
A way of mentally representing the world, as a belief or an expectation that influence perception of persons objects and situations
Semantic Memory
General knowledge, as opposed to episodic memory.
Sensory Memory
Is the type or stage of memory that is first encountered by a stimulus
Priming
The activation of specific associations in memory, often as a result of repetition and without making a conscious effort to access the memory.
Echo
A mental representation of an auditory stimulus (sound) that is held briefly in sensory memory
Memory Trace
Assumed change in the nervous system that reflects the impression made by impression made by stimulus.
Repression
Freud's psychodynamic theory, the ejection of anxiety-evoking ideas from conscious awareness
Prospective Memory
Memory to perform an act in the future, as at a certain event occurs.
Saccadic Eye Movement
The rapid jumps made by a person's eyes as they fixate on different points.
Echoic Memory
The sensory register that briefly holds mental representations of auditory stimuli.
Short-Term Memory
Type or stage of memory that can hold information for up to a minute or so after the trace of the stimulus decays; also called working memory