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Information processing model

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A cognitive understanding of memory emphasizing how information is changed when it is encoded stored and retrieved

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Memory

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Any system-human, animal, or machine- that encode,stores, and retrieves information

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Encoding

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One of the three basic tasks of memory involving the modification of information to for the preferred format for the memory system

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Storage

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Three basic tasks of memory involving the retention of encoded material overtime

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Retrieval

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The third basic task of memory involving the location and recovery of information from memory

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Eidetic imagery

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And especially clear and persistence, form of memory that is quite rare also known as photo graphic memory

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Sensory memory

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The first of the three memory preserving brief sensory impressions of stimuli

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Working memory

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The second of the three memory stages and the most limited in capacity it preserves recently perceived events or experiences for less than a minute without rehearsal

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Long-term memory

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The third of the three memory stages with the largest capacity and longest duration LTM stores materials organized according to meaning

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Iconic memory

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Visual stimulation

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Echoing memory

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Tactile stimulation

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Chunking

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Organizing pieces of information into a small the number of meaningful units a process that frees up space in working memory

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Maintenance rehearsal

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Oh working memory process in which information is merely repeated or reviewed to keep it from fading well while in working memory

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Elaborative rehearsal

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Working memory process in which information is actively reviewed and related to information already in LTM

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Level-of-processing theory

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The explanation for the fact that information that is more thoroughly connected to meaningful items in long-term memory will be remembered better

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Procedural memory

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Division of LTM that stores memories for how things are done

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Declarative memory

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Division of LTM that stores explicit information also known as fact memory
Subdivisions: episodic memory and semantic memory

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Episodic memory

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A subdivision of declarative memory that stores memory for personal events, or episodes

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Semantic memory

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A subdivision of declarative memory that stores general knowledge, including the meaning of words and concepts

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Engram

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The physical changes in the brain associated with a memory also know as memory trace

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Anterograde amnesia

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The inability to form memories for new information

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Retrograde amnesia

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The inability to remember information previously stored

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Consolidation

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The process by which short-term memories are changed to long-term memories over a period of time

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Flashbulb memory

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A clear and vivid long-term memory of an especially meaningful and emotional event

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Implicit memory
A memory that was not deliberately learned or which you have no conscious awareness
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Explicit memories
Memory that has been processed with attention and can be consciously recalled
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Retrieval cues
Stimuli that are used to bring a memory to consciousness or into behavior
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Priming
A technique for cuing implicit memories by providing cues that stimulate a memory without awareness of the connection between the cues and the retrieved memory
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Recall
A retrieval method in which one must reproduce previously presented information
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Recognition
A retrieval method in which one must identify present stimuli as having been previously presented
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Encoding specificity principles
The doctrine that memory is encoded and stored with specific cues related to the context in which it was formed
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Mood-congruent memory
A memory process that selectively retrieves memories that match one's mood
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TOT phenomenon
The inability to recall a word, while knowing that it is in memory : on the tip of your tongue
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The seven sins of memory
Transience, absent-mindedness, blocking misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence
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Transience
The impermanence of a long-term memory. Transience is based on the idea that long-term memories gradually fade in strength over time
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Forgetting curve
A graph plotting the amount of retention and forgetting over time for a certain batch of material, such as a list of nonsense syllables. The typical forgetting curve is steep at first, becoming flatter at time goes on
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Absent-mindedness
Forgetting caused by lapses in attention
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Blocking
Forgetting that occurs when an item in memory cannot be accessed or retrieved. Blocking is caused by interference
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Proactive interference
A cause of forgetting by which previously stored information prevents learning and remembering new information
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Retroactive interference
A cause of forgetting by which newly learned information prevents retrieval of previously stored material
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Serial position effect
A form of interference related to the sequence in which information is presented. Generally, items in the middle of the sequence are less well remembered than items first or last
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Misattribution
A memory fault that occurs when memories are retrieved but are associated with the wrong time, place, or person
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Suggestibility
The process of memory distortion as the results of deliberate or inadvertent suggestion
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Misinformation effect
The distortion of memory by suggestion or misinformation
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Expectancy bias
In memory, a tendency to distort recalled events to make the fit one's expectations
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Self-consistency bias
The commonly held idea that we are more consistent in our attitude, opinions, and beliefs than we actually are
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Persistence
A memory problem in which unwanted memories cannot be put out of mind
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Mnemonics
Techniques for improving memory, especially by making connections between new material and information already in long-term memory
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Method of loci
A mnemonic technique that involves associating items on a list with a sequence of familiar physical locations
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Natural language mediators
Words associated with new information to be remembered
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Language acquisition device or LAD
A biologically organized mental structure in the brain that facilitates the learning of language because it is innately programmed with some of the fundamental rules of grammar
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Grammar
The rules of language, specifying how to use words, morphemes, and syntax to produce understandable sentences
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Morphemes
The meaningful units of language that makes up word. Some whole words are morphemes (root word); other include grammatical compounds that alter a word's meaning (prefixed and suffixes)
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Overregularization
Applying a grammatical rule too widely and thereby creating incorrect forms
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Computer metaphor
The idea that the brain is an information-processing organ that operates, in some ways, like a computer
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The seven sins of memory
Transience, absent-mindedness, blocking misattribution, suggestibility, bias, and persistence
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Transience
The impermanence of a long-term memory. Transience is based on the idea that long-term memories gradually fade in strength over time
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Forgetting curve
A graph plotting the amount of retention and forgetting over time for a certain batch of material, such as a list of nonsense syllables. The typical forgetting curve is steep at first, becoming flatter at time goes on
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Absent-mindedness
Forgetting caused by lapses in attention
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Blocking
Forgetting that occurs when an item in memory cannot be accessed or retrieved. Blocking is caused by interference
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Proactive interference
A cause of forgetting by which previously stored information prevents learning and remembering new information
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Retroactive interference
A cause of forgetting by which newly learned information prevents retrieval of previously stored material
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Serial position effect
A form of interference related to the sequence in which information is presented. Generally, items in the middle of the sequence are less well remembered than items first or last
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Misattribution
A memory fault that occurs when memories are retrieved but are associated with the wrong time, place, or person
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Suggestibility
The process of memory distortion as the results of deliberate or inadvertent suggestion
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Misinformation effect
The distortion of memory by suggestion or misinformation
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Expectancy bias
In memory, a tendency to distort recalled events to make the fit one's expectations
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Self-consistency bias
The commonly held idea that we are more consistent in our attitude, opinions, and beliefs than we actually are
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Persistence
A memory problem in which unwanted memories cannot be put out of mind
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Mnemonics
Techniques for improving memory, especially by making connections between new material and information already in long-term memory
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Method of loci
A mnemonic technique that involves associating items on a list with a sequence of familiar physical locations
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Natural language mediators
Words associated with new information to be remembered
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Language acquisition device or LAD
A biologically organized mental structure in the brain that facilitates the learning of language because it is innately programmed with some of the fundamental rules of grammar
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Grammar
The rules of language, specifying how to use words, morphemes, and syntax to produce understandable sentences
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Morphemes
The meaningful units of language that makes up word. Some whole words are morphemes (root word); other include grammatical compounds that alter a word's meaning (prefixed and suffixes)
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Overregularization
Applying a grammatical rule too widely and thereby creating incorrect forms
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Computer metaphor
The idea that the brain is an information-processing organ that operates, in some ways, like a computer
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Concepts
Mental representations of categories of items or ideas, based on experience
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Natural concepts
Mental representations of objects and events drawn from our direct experience
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Prototype
An ideal or most representative example of a conceptual category
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Artificial concepts
Concepts defined by rules, such as word definitions and mathematical formulas
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Concepts hierarchies
Levels of concepts, from most general to most specific, in which a more general level includes more specific concepts - as the concept of "animal" includes "dog", "giraffe", and "lion"
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Event related potentials
Brain Waves shown on the EEG in response to stimulation
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Scheme
A knowledge cluster or general conceptual framework that provides expectations about topics, events, objects, people, and situations in one's life
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Script
A cluster of knowledge about sequences of events and actions expected to occur in particular settings
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Algorithms
Problem-solving procedures or formulas that guarantee a correct outcome, if correctly applied
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Heuristics
Cognitive strategies or "rule of thumb" used as shortcuts to solve complex mental tasks. Unlike algorithms, heuristics do not guarantee a correct solution
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Mental set
The tendency to respond to a new problem in the manner used for a previous problem
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Functional fixedness
The inability to perceive a new use for an object associated with a different purpose; a form of mental set
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Hindsight bias
The tendency, after learning about an event, to "second guess" or believe that one could have predicted the event in advance
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Anchoring bias
A faulty heuristic caused by basing (anchoring) an estimate on a completely unrelated quantity
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Representativeness bias
A faulty heuristic strategy based on the presumption that once people or events are categorized, they share all the features of other members in that category
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Availability bias
A faulty heuristic strategy that estimates probabilities based on information that can be recalled (made available) from personal experience
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Creativity
A mental process that produces novel responses that contribute to the solution of problems

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