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24 Cards in this Set
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Encoding
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The processing of information into the memory system- for example, by extracting meaning
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Storage
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The retention of encoded information over time
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Retrieval
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The process of getting information out of memory storage
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Short-Term Memory
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Activated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as the seven digits of a phone number while dialing, before the information is stored or forgotten
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Serial Position Effect
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Our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list
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Mnemonic Devices
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Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices
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Flashbulb Memory
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A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
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Implicit Memory/ Procedural
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Retention without conscious recollections (skills), like how to tie shoes
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Explicit Memory/ Declarative
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Memory of facts and experiences, like knowing the functions of the parts of the brain
SPLIT UP INTO SEMANTIC AND EPISODIC |
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Semantic Memory
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Memorization of facts
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Episodic Memory
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Memorization of events
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Recall
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A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test
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Recognition
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A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test
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Proactive Interference
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The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information
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Retroactive Interference
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The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information
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Ebbinghaus Curve
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Shows that information fades quickly, then levels out
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TOT
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When the information is there but the brain is having trouble recalling or recognizing the information
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Context-Dependent Memory
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We are more likely to remember something if we learn it in the same context. For example, you will likely do better on a psychology test if you take it in the room where you learned it
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State-Dependent Memory
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We are more likely to remember something if we are in the same psychological state (Happy, Sad, Etc...) that we were when we learned it
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Method of Loci
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A memory technique using location
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Dissociative Amnesia
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Forgetting what happen which stems from a psychological trauma
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Infantile Amnesia
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Inability to recall events that happen prior to age 2 or 3
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Anterograde Amnesia
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Loss of memories for events that occur after the onset of amnesia
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Retrograde Amnesia
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Loss of memories that occurred prior to the onset of amnesia
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