Ebbinghaus found that

Sensory registers

The process of selectively looking, listening, smelling, and feeling is called

The most accurate description of short-term memory's capacity is probably to say that it can hold

Repeating information over and over again to retain it in short-term memory is called

Connecting new information to material which is already known is called

What is the term for the type of memory that is usually permanent and stores what we know?

Research on implicit and explicit memory indicates that

The most important determinant of interference is

In interviewing witnesses to a bank robbery, a detective hears a different story from each witness. Witnesses recall different hair color, height, and even the number of suspects involved. The most likely explanation for these differences in the stories of the witnesses is

Elaborative rehearsal involves

An item is easier to remember

Eidetic imagery is sometimes called

We use mnemonics to

A form of amnesia related to alcoholism is