3 PROCESSES OF MEMORY
MEMORY Process by which we recollect prior experiences, information and skills learned in the past
ENCODING The translation of information into a form in which it can be stored Keyboard (Encoding) Disk (Storage) Monitor (Retrieval)
STORAGE The maintenance of encoded information into a form in which it can be stored Keyboard (Encoding) Disk (Storage) Monitor (Retrieval)
RETRIEVAL Locating stored information and returning it to conscious thought Keyboard (Encoding) Disk (Storage) Monitor (Retrieval)
3 PROCESSES
CONTEXT-DEPENDENT MEMORIES Information that is more easily retrieved in the context in which it was encoded and stored
STATE-DEPENDENT MEMORIES Information is more easily retrieved when one is in the same psychological or emotional state as when the memory was encoded
ON THE TIP OF THE TONGUE Belief that a piece of information is stored in our memory but there is a problem retrieving it