What is Memory?

• What is memory?

  Retention of information over time
• What does a memory refer to?

  Information retained over a period of time
• What is the second type of memory described?

  Process of retaining information over time
• What is the definition of memory?

  Process of retaining information over time
• What are the three stages of the memory process?

  • Encoding
  • Storage
  • Retrieval
• What does encoding refer to in memory?

  Transforming information to put it into memory
• What is memory storage?

  Maintaining information for later usage
• Why does memory storage require a lot of energy?

  It involves maintaining information over time
• What does retrieval refer to in memory?

  Taking out information from memory storage
• What are the two ways to retrieve memory?

  • Recall
  • Recognition
• What is memory recall?

  Consciously re-accessing a whole memory
• What is memory recognition?

  Retrieving a memory when shown again
• What does it mean when a memory feels familiar?

  It indicates memory recognition