Chapter 9- Memory Flashcards

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Clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

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Flashbulb memory

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Indication that learning has persisted over time

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Memory

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The process of info into the memory system ex. Extracting meaning

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Encoding

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The retention of encoded info over time

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Storage

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Process of getting info out of memory storage

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Retrieval

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Immediate initial recording of sensory info in the memory system

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Sensory memory

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Activated memory that holds a few items briefly

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Short-Term

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Almost permanent and limitless storage of the memory system

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Long-Term

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Processes info that is briefly stored(manipulate or change things)

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Workinf memory

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Unconscious encoding of incidental info

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Automatic processing

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Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

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Effortful processing

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Conscious repetition of info

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Rehearsal

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More you repeat something the more you will learn

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Retention curve

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Distributed studying will lead to better long term retention

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Spacing effect

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Tendency to recall the first and the last items best in a list

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Serial position effect

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Encoding of pictures

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Visual encoding

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Encoding of sound

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Acoustic encoding

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Encoding of meaning

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Semantic encoding

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Mental pictures helps to process info

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Memory aids

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Organizing items into meaningful groups

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Momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli

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Iconic memory

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Momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli

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Echoic memory

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Photographic memory

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Eidetic memory

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Increase in synapse's firing potential after brief rapid simulation
Long term potentiation
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Amnesia
The loss of memory
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Inability to remember events that occurred before the accident
Retrograde amnesia
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Inability to remember ongoing events after the accident
Anterograde amnesia
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Retention independent of conscious recollection
Implicit
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Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare"
Explicit
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Neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage
Hippocampus
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Implicit memories
Cerebellum
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Measure of memory in which someone must retrieve info learned earlier
Recall
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Measure of memory in which someone only needs to identify items previously learned
Recognition
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Memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a 2nd time
Relearning
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Activation unconsciously of particular associations in memory
Priming
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Memories that are helped or changed by similarities or differences in environmental context
Context dependent
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Sense that something has happened before
Déjà vu
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Something learned in one state of mind is easily recalled when you are in that same state
State dependent
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Ability to recall experiences that are consistent with the mood you are in
Mood-congruent
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When info never enters your long term memory
Encoding failure
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Much of what we learn we forget
Forgetting curve
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Disruptive effect on prior learning on the recall of new info
Proactive interference
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Disruptive effect of new learning getting in the way of recalling old info
Retroactive interference
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Blocking out or pushing out embarrassing or horrific memories
Repression
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Filling in the memory gap
Confabulation
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Thinking the origin of memory is somewhere different than where it actually came from
Source amnesia