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procedural memory
the gradual acquisition of skills as a result of practice, or "knowing how" to do things
sensory memory
A type of storage that holds sensory information for a few seconds or less.
Lisa puts five quarters into the parking meter every time she goes downtown. However, when asked, Lisa cannot say if the head on a quarter is facing left or right. This may be an example of ________, because Lisa never paid attention to the picture in the first place.
encoding failure
episodic memory
the collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular time and place
semantic encoding
the process of relating new information in a meaningful way to knowledge that is already stored in memory
