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memory

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mental processes that acquire, retain, and retrieve information

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the 3 fundamental processes of memory

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encoding, storage, and retrieval

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encoding

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transforming information so that it can be retained by the memory system

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storage

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retaining information in memory for later use

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retrieval

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recovering stored information to conscious awareness

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stage model of memory

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memory includes sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory and information is transferred from one stage to another

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sensory memory

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stores a detailed record of a sensory experience for a few seconds (3 seconds), pays attention to only a few aspects of the environment

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George Sperling

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tested people’s sensory memory with flashing letters on a screen, concludes that visual sensory memory (iconic memory) holds a lot of information for half a second

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visual sensory memory

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iconic memory, can hold information for half a second

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auditory sensory memory

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echoic memory, can hold information for 3-4 seconds

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short-term memory

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transfers information from sensory memory and retrieves information from long-term memory to conscious, holds information for 20 seconds, aka working memory

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maintenance rehearsal

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information can be maintained in short-term memory when rehearsed (repeated)

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short-term capacity

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7 items

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chunking

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grouping related items into a single unit, can increase the amount of information held in short term memory, chunks are made using meaningful information from long-term memory

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working memory

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active, conscious manipulation of temporarily stored information, engages in problem-solving, reasoning, language comprehension, and mental comparisons

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Alan Baddeley’s model of working memory

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working memory consisted of the phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, and central executive

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phonological loop

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specialized for verbal material, tested by standard memory tasks

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visuospatial sketchpad

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specialized for visual material (remembering layouts)

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central executive

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controls attention, integrates information, and manages the activity of the phonological loop and visuospatial sketchpad

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long-term memory

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information storage over an extended period of time (20 seconds to a lifetime), limitless capacity

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elaborative rehearsal

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focuses on the meaning of information to encode and transfer it into long-term memory (elaborate new information in a meaningful way)

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self-reference effect

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applying information to yourself to increase memorization of new information

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procedural memory

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long-term memory of how to perform skills, operations, and actions, memories formed early in life and origin is usually lost

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episodic memory

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long-term memory of specific events

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semantic memory
general knowledge of facts, names, definitions, and concepts, origin of information is usually lost
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autobiographical memory
semantic memory that holds personal life history and sense of self
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explicit memory
memory with awareness (declarative memories), information that can be consciously recollected, includes episodic and semantic information
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implicit memory
memory without awareness (non-declarative memories), can't be consciously recollected but still affects behavior and knowledge
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shared reminiscing
the way a mother talks to their kid about past experiences, causes cultural differences in autobiographical memory
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clustering
the organization of items into related groups
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semantic network model
when a concept is activated in semantic memory, it can spread and activate other associations in the semantic network
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retrieval
accessing stored information
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retrieval cues
prompts that can trigger memory recall
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retrieval cue failure
the inability to recall long-term memories because of inadequate retrieval cues
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tip-of-the-tongue experience
type of retrieval cue failure, the inability to get information you are sure is stored in your memory
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recall
free recall, producing information without using retrieval cues (essay questions)
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cued recall
remembering information in response to a retrieval cue (fill-in-the-blank)
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recognition
identifying the correct information from possible choice (multiple choice)
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serial position effect
the tendency to retrieve information more easily from the start and end of a sequence than items in the middle
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primacy effect
easily recalling a list's first items
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recency effect
easily recalling a list's final items
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encoding specificity principle
the best way to increase information access is to recreate original learning conditions, more closely a retrieval cue is to learning conditions increases likelihood of retrieval
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context effect
the tendency to remember information more easily in the same setting as the original learning environment
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mood congruence
a given mood tends to evoke memories consistent with that mood
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state-dependent learning
the tendency to remember information in the same physiological/biological learning conditions
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flashbulb memory
recalling very specific details surrounding a significant, rare, or vivid event (like 9/11), distinguished from regular memories only by the increased confidence in the accuracy of flashbulb memories
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forgetting
the inability to remember information that was previously available
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
studied forgetting on himself by memorizing nonsense syllables
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Ebbinghaus forgetting curve
much of what we forget is lost very soon after learning, the amount of forgetting then levels off
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encoding failure
forgetting because information was never encoded into long-term memory in the first place, lack of attention (absentmindedness) at the time of encoding leads to failure to accurately remember things
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prospective memory
remembering to do something in the future, fails because of retrieval cue failure
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decay theory
memories fade overtime when unused, forming memories creates a memory trace (structural/chemical change in the brain) that are eroded by metabolic processes, disproven by Ebbinghaus forgetting curve
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deja vu experience
a brief, intense feeling of familiarity in a new situation, theorized to be caused by source amnesia or an encoding failure from inattentional blindness
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interference theory
forgetting is caused by memories containing similar information competing with each other
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retroactive interference
backward-acting, a new memory interferes with remembering an old memory
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proactive interference
forward-acting, an old memory interferes with remembering a new memory
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motivated forgetting
we are motivated to forget unpleasant or disturbing memories
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suppression
motivated forgetting caused by a deliberate, conscious effort to forget information (avoid thinking about horrible news)
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repression
motivated forgetting occurs unconsciously, distressing events are blocked from conscious awareness, basis of psychoanalysis
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Elizabeth Loftus
famous for researching memory distortions
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misinformation effect
information received after an event occurs can change the memory of that event
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source confusion
the source of a memory is forgotten or attributed to the wrong source
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false memory
a distorted recollection of something that didn't actually happen but feels authentic
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schemas
organized clusters of knowledge about particular topics, memory distortions are promoted when missing details are filled in with schema information
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script
the typical sequence of actions at a common event
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lost-in-the-mall-technique
pairing real events with pseudo-events can cause false memories
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imagination inflation
vividly imagining an event can increase confidence that the event actually occurred in childhood, repeated imagining makes events seem more familiar
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Karl Lashley
searched for the memory trace/engram (brain changes presumed to occur in forming long-term memories, concluded that memories are distributed
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Richard F. Thompson
research discovered that simple memories are localized while complex, interrelated memories are distributed
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Eric Kandel
studied the snail Aplysia and found that in conditioning, neuron function changes and structure changes
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long-term potentiation
a lasting increase in synaptic strength
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amnesia
severe memory loss from specific damaged brain areas
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retrograde amnesia
backward-moving, unable to remember the past, especially recent episodic memories
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anterograde amnesia
forward-moving, inability to form new memories
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Henry Molaison
studied on for amnesia, removal of his hippocampus caused an inability to form explicit memories
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dementia
symptoms including many diseases of a decrease in memory, reasoning, language, etc.

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