Chapter 6: Memory
Introduction to How Memory Functions
What you’ll learn to do: explain the process of memory
Our memory has three basic functions: encoding, storing, and retrieving information. Encoding is the act of getting information into our memory system through automatic or effortful processing. Storage is retention of the information, and retrieval is the act of getting information out of storage and into conscious awareness through recall, recognition, and relearning. There are various models that aim to explain how we utilize our memory. In this section, you’ll learn about some of these models as well as the importance of recall, recognition, and relearning.
Learning Objectives
- Explain the three types of encoding
- Describe the three stages of memory storage
- Describe and distinguish between procedural and declarative memory and semantic and episodic memory
- Explain retrieval cues and define recall, recognition, and relearning
- Explain the brain functions involved in memory; recognize the roles of the hippocampus, amygdala, and cerebellum in memory
