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Chapter 7 Flashcards

1
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memory

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the power to recall that which has already been learned

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3 stages of memory

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encoding, storage, retrieval

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encoding

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must be coded in order to be communicated to the brain

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how do you put info into your memory system?

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through the 5 basic senses

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storage

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maintaining info in the memory system over time

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2 parts of storage

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capacity & duration

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retrieval

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locating/recalling info stored in memory

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2 parts of retrieval

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recall & recognition

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recall

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retrieve from memory w/o much help

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recognition

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aided by clues

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information processing approach

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earliest most influential and most comprehensive model of memory. info must pass through 3 stages of mental processing resulting in 3 types of memory.

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3 types of memory

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sensory, working & long term

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sensory memory encoding

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hold info for mental processing, based on 5 basic senses, have a register for each sense

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what senses do we know the most about?

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icons (looks) and echoes (sounds)

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sensory memory capacity

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limited quantity of info

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sensory memory duration

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extremely brief - less than or equal to 1 to 2 secs. echoes linger longer than icons.

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sensory memory retrieval

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once it’s gone, it’s gone

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Decay theory (Theory of Forgetting)

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If you don’t use it, you lose it.

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Selective attention (cognitive process)

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focuses on information, concentrate on it for transfer to working memory

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Working memory

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part of memory system that allows us to mentally work with or manipulate info

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21
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T or F: short-term memory is a component of working memory

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T

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working memory encoding

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uses 5 basic senses

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acoustic encoding

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sounds like. even when presented visually, people tend to make more acoustic mistakes

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visual encoding

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looks like, fades more quickly

25
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working memory capacity

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limited.

26
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The average adult can hold [blank] items/chunks of information.

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7 +/- 2 (5-9)

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working memory duration

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lasts about 18-20 seconds w/o rehearsal

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rehearsal (cognitive process)

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transfer to LTM.

29
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Elaborative rehearsal is better than [blank] rehearsal.

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maintenance (rote)

30
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chunking

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meaningful groups of information

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automaticity

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knowing info so well, it becomes automatic

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retrieval

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recalling info from working memory

33
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displacement

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new info comes in to replace the old

34
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attention

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move info from SM to STM

35
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maintenance/rote rehearsal

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just repeating info over as given

36
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elaborative rehearsal

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give it meaning; repeat. relate it to something in LTM

37
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2 types of long term memory

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declarative and non-declaritive

38
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declarative memory

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includes factual memory

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non-declarative memory

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knowledge for acquired behaviors, non-verbal

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2 types of declarative memory

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semantic & episodic

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semantic declarative memory

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meaning, generalized knowledge, dictionary-type info

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episodic declarative memory

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memory for an event as it happened, personal events, diary-type info

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procedural non-declarative memory

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procedure, how-to, motor memory

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working memory encoding - 2 levels

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surface & deep

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working memory surface coding

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5 basic senses: structural (looks), phonolgoical (sounds)

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working memory deep coding

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semantic

47
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semantic coding

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menaing

48
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working memory storage

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virtually unlimited storage capacity and duration

49
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working memory retrieval

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connection b/w storage and retrieval, recall from memory

50
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Why do we forget? 5 reasons

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decay/fading theory, retroactive inhibition, proactive inhibition, motivated forgetting, brain damage

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retroactive inhibition

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old info is displaced by newer info. new info blocks recall of earlier learned info

52
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proactive inhibition

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new info is not encoded–older info is in the way, earlier learned info blocks the recall of new info

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motivated forgetting

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forget because it is too painful to remember

54
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2 types of brain damage

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anterrograde & retrograde

55
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anterrograde amnesia

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loss of memory for any event that occurs after a brain injury, can’t form new memories

56
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retrograde amnesia

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a loss of memory for events prior to a brain injury

57
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4 strategies for improving memory

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method of Loci, acronyms, rhyming, keyword

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method of Loci

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associate images of info w/places you know

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