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episodic memory Flashcards

(24 cards)

1
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declarative memory system:

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handles factual info such as names, definitions, locations, events, etc

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procedural memory system:

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houses memory for actions, skills, conditioned responses, emotional responses

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declarative memory can be broken down into:

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episodic and semantic memory

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episodic memory:

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made up of chronological recollections of personal experiences

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semantic memory:

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general knowledge that is not tied to the time when the info was learned

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6
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episodic memory equals what?

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re-experiencing your own past events

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7
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does semantic and episodic memory involve conscious thought?

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yes

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a key difference between episodic and semantic memory is that

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semantic memory is not temporally ordered

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episodic memory is ordered in:

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time. temporal organization

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autonoetic:

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the awareness of a personal experience where ones self is the central focus

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involuntary memory:

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an environmental cue can trigger involuntary retrieval of an episodic memory

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12
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why may it be challenging for researchers to investigate childhood amnesia?

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  1. accuracy of memories can be difficult to verify
  2. a lot of these memories can involve trauma or abuse
  3. dating the memory can also be difficult
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two theories that lead to the explanation as to why we have childhood amnesia:

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  1. development of self-concept
  2. development of language
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14
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which gender tends to have earlier childhood memories?

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women

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15
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young adults have the most efficient encoding system based on:

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optimal maturation of neural mechanisms of memory

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16
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remembering episodic events can be thought of like:

17
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episodic remembering=

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re experiencing your own past events

18
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source monitoring error occurs when:

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a memory derived from one source is misattributed to another source

19
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misinformation effect:

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occurs when participants recall an event they witnessed is altered by introducing misleading post-event information

20
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social contagion of false memories demonstrates how

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social networks spread misinformation

21
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stolen or disputed memory studies shed insight in how

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people can adopt others’ memories as their own

22
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contextual associations:

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all presented words are associated with the critical intrusion, thus activating the node for that word

23
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false memory induction procedure:

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experimenters ask participants about events fro their childhood, which never happened