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what is pre attentive processing?

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processing info without conscious effort

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what is selective attention?

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focusing on specific stimuli while ignoring others

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what are the three stages of the general model of attention?

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sensory memory, selector, working memory (active processing)

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what is the cocktail party effect?

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you notice personally relevant information (e.g. name) even when attention is directed elsewhere

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what does the filter model of attention suggest?

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information is selected based on early sensory properties and higher level processing occurs before reaching working memory

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what is attentive processing?

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requires active focus and is limited

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what is a conjunction search?

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when a target is defined by multiple features

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what does late selection theory suggest?

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that info is processed for meaning before attention is fully directed

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what is the difference between bottom up and top down processing?

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bottom up processing is influenced by the physical properties of stimuli. top down processing is driven by the perceiver’s goals, expectations, and semantic attributes

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what is automatisation?

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when tasks can be performed automatically and do not require attention

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what is spaced based and feature based attention?

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space based attention is based on selecting regions of space to focus on. feature based attention is focusing on particular features

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what is inattentional blindness?

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failure to notice unexpected events or changes as attention is directed elsewhere, even when the change is clearly in view

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what is change blindness? what study was an example of this?

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failure to notice changes in ones environment
the door study

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if an unexpected object is closer and the same colour as the task object are participants more or less likely to notice it?

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more likely

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what is overt attention?

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where someones eyes are fixated

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what is covert attention?

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where someones attention is focused

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what is spatial neglect?

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a condition where damage to one hemisphere of the brain causes a deficit in attention to the opposite side of space

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what is simultagnosia?

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the inability to perceive more than one object at a time

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what is episodic memory?

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is autobiographical memory, which includes personal experiences and events from ones life

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what is semantic memory?

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general knowledge that is not tied to personal experiences

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what is prospective memory?

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remembering info which involves performing actions in the future

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what is the name of the memory store for how to perform tasks and skills?

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procedural memory

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what are the two ways that memory failures can happen?

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decay and interference

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what are the three memory stages?

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sensory, short term, long term

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what is iconic memory? what store is it within?
stores visual info, like colour and shape. sensory memory
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what is echoic memory? what store of memory is it in?
is auditory memories and is within sensory memory
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what is the capacity rule for STM?
7 + or - 2
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what is rehearsal?
repeating info over and over again to keep it within STM for longer
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what is the primacy effect?
words at the beginning of a list are recalled well because they are repeated more
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what is the recency effect?
words at the end of a list are recalled well because they are still stored in STM
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what does a faster rate of presentation effect?
primacy effect as there is less time for rehearsal
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what does a filler task do to serial position effects?
it decreases the recency effect as the STM is occupied with other things
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what is chunking and what is it helpful for?
chunking is dividing info into meaningful chunks and helps increase STM capacity
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out of physical/visual, rhyme, or semantic processing, which is the worst and best form of processing?
best: semantic worst: physical/visual
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what is a conceptual framework which helps understand events?
schema
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what is a retrieval failure?
when info is unable to be retrieved as we have lost access to it
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what is a psuedomemory?
a false memory but feels like it has actually been experienced
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what is flashbulb memory?
vivid and detailed memories associated with emotionally charged events, but are not accurate over time
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what is the misinformation effect?
providing people with misleading info after an event which leads to fake memories
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what is source amnesia?
difficulty remembering how and where info was acquired
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what is confabulation?
honest lying. creating false memories without intending to deceive
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what is anosognosia?
lack of awareness or concern about a memory deficit
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what is the role of the hippocampus?
helps form memories about events
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what helps form memories about emotional components?
amygdala
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what is the function of the neocortex?
memories are stored here and then distributed
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what is declarative memory? What is its two components?
is verbalisable factual info divided into semantic and episodic memory
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what are the two kinds of interference?
retroactive: when learning something new gets in the way of the old learning proactive: when the old interferes with the new
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what are the two forms of rehearsal?
maintenance: repeating the stimuli in their original form elaborative: linking stimuli in meaningful ways
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what is explicit memory and what is its other name?
declarative memory process of recalling info intentionally
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what is implicit memory? what is an example of it? what are the two subcategories?
process of recalling info we do not remember deliberately such as the steps to unlock a door priming: ability to identify stimulus better after previous encounter with a similar stimuli procedural: memory of motor skills and habits
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what are the three processes of memory?
encoding, storage, retrieval
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what can help retrieval failures?
retrieval cues
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what are the two forms of encoding specificity?
context dependent learning: better retrieval when the external context of the original matches the retrieval context state dependent learning: better retrieval when the same psych or physiological state were experienced in the encoding phase and then in the retrieval state
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what are the three Rs of measuring memory?
recall, relearn, recognition
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what is long term potentiation? what neurotransmitter aids this?
neurons that fire together, wire together glutamate
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what is reterograde amnesia?
lose some memories of the past
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what is anterograde amnesia?
inability to form new memories
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what cognitive impairments are experienced by those with alzheimer's?
memory and language
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do old or new memories decay first with those with alzheimer's?
new memories
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what is source monitoring?
efforts to identify the origin (sources) of a memory
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how can false memories be implanted?
suggestive memory techniques
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what is the misinformation effect?
providing people with misleading info after an event which can lead to false memories
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can people with amnesia that impacts explicit memory form new procedural memories?
yes

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