Explicit memory. In inability to form new explicit long - term memories for event following surgery or trauma to the brain. Anterograde amnesia. A type of rehearsal in short - term memory in which incoming information is related to information from long-term memory to encode it into long - term memory.
It provides more retrieval cues when we need to recall information. The principle that states the cues (both internal and external) present at the time information is encoded into long-term memory serve as the best retrieval cues for the information. Encoding specificity principle.
Episodic memory. A theory of forgetting that proposes that forgetting is due to the unavailability of the retrieval cues necessary to locate the information in long - term memory. Cue - dependent theory.
The duration of iconic memory must be very brief because if it were not, our visual sensory register would get over - loaded quickly, leading to successive visual images overlapping in the register. Thus, we wouldn't perceive the world normally because it would be a constant mix of conflicting overlapping images.
Explain what is meant by the term "chunk" with respect to the capacity of short - term memory, 7 + over - 2 chunks. A "chunk" is a meaningful unit in our memory; for example, a single letter, an acronym, and a word each comprise of one chunk. We have a memory span of 7 + over - 2 unrelated letters, acronyms, or words.
Elaborative encoding is more effective than memorizing because the process of elaboration ties the new information to older, well - known information. This older information provides many good retrieval cues for the new information.