Psychology Homework
12/12/2013
Chapter Seven, Section One
1. Memory is the process by which we recollect prior experiences and information and skills learned in the past. The three types of memory are episodic, semantic, explicit, and implicit memory. Episodic memory is memory of a specific event. Your memory of facts, words, concepts, and so on- most of what you know is semantic memory. Implicit memories include practiced skills and learned habits. On the other hand, explicit memories are memories of specific information.
2. Encoding is the translation of information into a form, which is called encoding. This is the first stage of processing information. The two types of encoding the mind uses are visual and acoustic codes and semantic codes. Visual and acoustic codes are learning something through visuals or by listening you repeat something. A semantic code is learning through breaking down the meaning of something.
3. Elaborative rehearsal involves thinking about how new material relates to already-known information. In organization systems, the information is stored for later, and so both elaborative rehearsal and organization systems work hand in hand. The information is linked to existing information.
4. Context-dependent is being in the location where the memory was encoded. On the other hand, state-dependent is being in the same mood as when the memory was encoded
5. Memory is the process by which we recollect prior experiences and information and skills learned in the past. The three types of memory are episodic, semantic, explicit, and implicit memory. Episodic memory is memory of a specific event. Your memory of facts, words, concepts, and so on- most of what you know is semantic memory. Implicit memories include practiced skills and learned habits. On the other hand, explicit memories are memories of specific information.
6. Episodic and semantic memories are both examples of explicit memory. An explicit