| Memory Terminology | |
| Temporarily hold data from the senses. | |
| Selectively looking at, listening or felling what we deem to be important. | |
| Grouping information into larger meaningful units for processing in STM | |
| Holds limited information that can be repeated or rehearsed in 1.5 to 2 seconds. | |
| Maintenance rehearsal | |
| Can store vast amount of information for many years. | |
| Memories of events experienced in a specific time and place. | |
| Memories of facts and concepts not linked to a specific time or place. | |
| | Memory Terminology | |
| Motor skills and habits. | |
| Learned emotional responses. | |
| Knowing a word but not quite being able to recall it. | |
| Memories deteriorate simply as a result of the passage of time. | |
| Recollection of events from one's life. | |
| People skilled in the use of memory techniques. | |
| Vivid memories of an event and incidents surrounding it. | |
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