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What is chunking?
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It is grouping clusters of information together as one meaningful thing and is used in short term memory to remember more information
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What does it mean to consolidate memory?
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It means to overtime turn a short term memory into a long term memory.
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What is cued recall?
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When you recieve hints that help you to remember something
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What is declarative memory?
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Memories that we can tell to other people and easily explain in words.
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What is episodic memory?
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This is memory for specific events in your life
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What is explicit or direct memory?
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Memories we are aware of and can recall using free recall, cued recognition and savings
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What is free recall?
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Being able to recall something without hints, reminders or options to choose from. Essay tests use free recall.
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What is implicit memory?
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Experiences that influences what we do even though we aren't aware of there influence.
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What is the information processing model?
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This model compares human memory to a computer saying memory is processed, coded and stored.
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What is long term memory?
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Memory regarded by the information processing model as having a relatively long storage time.
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Define memory
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Memory is the retention of information.
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What is priming?
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In our implicit memory when we read or hear a word it increases our chance of using that word even though we are not aware of it
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What is procedural memory?
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This is motor skills memory for things like eating, walking and driving.
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How does recognition testing work?
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You are asked to choose the correct answer among several options to see if you recognize it.
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Savings Method?
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Also called relearning method this compares the original speed of learning to the speed of relearning something later after it has been forgotten.
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What is semantic memory?
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This is memories of facts and principles. Most things you learn in school fall under this category.
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What is short term memory?
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This is temporary storage of recent events.
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What is source amnesia?
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This is forgetting how or where you learn things.
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What is working memory?
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Current information you use in the moment like turn right at that next light. It is short term memory that is disregarded after used.
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What is the encoding specificity principle?
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It says that the way you think about something at the time you learn it and the associations you make will be the most effective way to remember it later.
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What is hindsight bias?
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It is a tendency to change our answers about the past based on how something turned out later
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What is the levels of processing principle?
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It says that how strongly you remember something is based off how many connections you make with it and what types of connections
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Explain method of loci
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This is a technique of memorizing where you 1st memorize a series of places and then attach each location with something you are trying to remember
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What is a mnemonic device?
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A technique used where you memorize something in a specific way to help you remember it better(Every Good Boy Does Fine)
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What is the primacy effect?
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The tendency to remember best the first item in a series
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What is the recency effect?
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The tendency to remember best the most recent item in a series
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What is reconstruction?
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When we experience something we construct a memory. When we recall it we remember parts accurately but also fill in the gaps with what we think probably happened.
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How does a retrieval cue work?
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When we learn something we form many associations in our brain between it and other things. Retrieval cues are reminders of associations that help us to remember.
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What are the steps to the SPAR method?
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Survey
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Explain state dependent memory
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This is a persons tendency to remember something better when they are in the same position and conditions as they were when they learned it
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Explain story memory
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Someone who retells a story sometime after it happened will forget some details and add or change other things to fit what they think probably would have happened
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