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Central Executive

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A component of working memory that controls attention and coordinates the activity of the helper systems; coordinates the activity of the phonological loop and visuospatial sketch pad

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Chunk

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A meaningful unit of information held in short-term memory

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Episodic Buffer

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A helper system in working memory for storing integrated chunks of information

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Long-term Memory

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Large-capacity storage for enduring memories

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Phonological Loop

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A helper system in working memory for storing information encoded as sound

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Phonological Similarity Effect

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Reduction in working-memory span for similar sounding words

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Sensory Memory

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Highly transient storage space for information that recently entered your sensory system

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Short-term Memory

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Small amounts of information actively held in the mind for a short period of time

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Visuospatial Sketch Pad

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A helper system in working memory for storing information encoded spatially or visually

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Word-length Effect

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A reduction in working memory span for longer words (more syllables, not letters) compared to shorter words

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Working Memory

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A function of the brain that allows us to actively hold and manipulate a limited amount of information; cognitive system responsible for temporarily holding and manipulating information for processing; not just storage!

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Classical Conditioning Effects

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A type of implicit memory in which we learn, often without effort or awareness, to associate neutral stimuli with another stimulus, which creates a naturally occurring response

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Context-dependent Learning

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Retrieval is more effective when the external situation during encoding matches the situation during retrieval

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Episodic Memory

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Explicit recollection of firsthand experiences

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Levels-of-processing Effect

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Memory recall of stimuli as a function of the depth of mental processing at encoding

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Orthographic Processing

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Processing related to how a word is written

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Phonological Processing

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Processing related to how a word sounds

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Primacy Effect

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A tendency to better remember stimuli that are presented early in a list

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Priming

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Changes in behavior as a result of experiences that have happened frequently or recently

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Procedural Memory

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Implicit knowledge of how to do things

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Recall Memory Test

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A measure of explicit memory that involves bringing from memory information that has previously been remembered (e.g., SAQ)

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Recency Effect

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The tendency to better remember stimuli that are presented at the end of a list

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Recognition Memory Test

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A measure of explicit memory that involves determining whether information has been seen or learned before (e.g., MCQ)

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Relearning

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A memory measurement that assesses how much more quickly information is processed or learned when it is studied again after it has already been learned but then forgotten

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Self-reference Effect
Processing words in terms of their relation to yourself promotes an even higher rate of recall than normal semantic processing
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Semantic Processing
Processing related to a word's meaning
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Serial Position Curve
A graphic depiction of the likelihood of remembering items from a list based on the order in which they were presented
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State-dependent Memory / State-dependent Retrieval
Superior retrieval of memories when the individual is in the same physiological or psychological state as during encoding
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Transfer-appropriate Processing
Memory is best when the type of cognitive processing at recall matches the type of cognitive processing at encoding
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Confirmation Bias
The tendency to verify and confirm our existing memories rather than to challenge and disconfirm them
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Flashbulb Memory
Exceptionally vivid recollection of an important event that people believe they remember very well; in reality, they are equally susceptible to change/inaccuracies
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Forgetting
Loss of information from long-term memory
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Misinformation Effect
A memory error caused by exposure to incorrect information between the original event and later memory test
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Proactive Interference
Old information hinders the recall of newly learned information
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Retroactive Interference
Information learned more recently hinders the recall of older information
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Schema
A memory template, created through repeated exposure to a particular class of objects or events
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Source Monitoring
The ability to accurately identify the source of a memory
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Sleeper Effect
Attitude change that occurs over time when we forget the source of information
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Basic-level Category
The neutral, preferred category for a given object, at an intermediate level of specificity
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Category
A set of entities that are equivalent in some way; usually the items are similar to one another
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Cognitive Economy
A principle of semantic organization that properties of a category that are shared by many of its are stored at a higher-level node in the network
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Concept
The mental representation of a category
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Exemplar
An example in memory that is labeled as being in a particular category
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Prototype
The most typical category member
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Prototype Theory
A theory of concept representation that people have a summary representation of a category that is meant to apply to the category as a whole; set of features weighted by their frequency in the category; general description that applies to the category as a whole
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Spreading Activation
When a concept is activated in memory, related concepts also increase in activation
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Typicality
The difference in “goodness” of category members, ranging from the most typical (the prototype) to borderline members
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Memory
The mental operations that store information as well as recover and retrieve it
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The Forgetting Function
A rapid decline (hours) in the ability to recall information followed by a more gradual decline (days and months)
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Rehearsal
If your repeat/rehearse information, it will stay activated in short-term memory; some information may make it into long-term memory and some may decay
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Decay
Information reaches such a low activation level that normal retrieval cues are not sufficient for recall; some stuff may just be gone/disappear
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Encoding
Process by which information is transferred into long-term memory, which is set in motion at the time of the experience
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Retrieval
Process of recalling previously encoded information
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Digit-span Task
A test of working memory where participants are presented with a sequence of digits (not necessarily numbers) and must recall them; magical number of 7 +/- 2 items
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Henry Molaison
Suffered from epileptic seizures leading to the complete removal of his hippocampus; resulting profound amnesia where he could no longer form new long-term memories
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Working Memory Capacity
The limited amount of information that can be held and processed in the mind at any given time; there appear to be individual differences in the size of working memory, which influences reasoning, complex learning, writing, etc.
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Articulatory Suppression
Reduction in working memory span when participants are asked to simultaneously perform irrelevant articulations
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Encoding Specificity
Retrieval is most effective when information available at encoding is also available at retrieval
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Deese-Roediger McDermott (DRM) Paradigm
A false memory paradigm in which subjects are presented with lists of semantically related words (e.g., nurse, hospital, etc.) at encoding and are likely to falsely recall a non-presented, but semantically related, "lure" word (e.g., doctor) after a delay
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Depth of Processing
How we interact with information when we encounter it influences our ability to later retrieve that information (e.g., structural, phonemic, categorical, sentence)
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Learning Curve
The probability of correct retrieval increases as a function of repetition
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Spacing
Benefit of temporally spaced practice relative to massed practice; spacing out your learning vs cramming yields better retention in the long-term
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Testing Effect
Retrieval from memory, rather than simple restudy, is a more effective way to cement information into memory
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Exemplar Theory
When you see an object, you unconsciously compare it to the exemplars in your memory, and you judge how similar it is to exemplars in different categories; no summary representation
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Semantic Network
A functional storage system for concepts based on the meanings of words
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Metacognition
Thinking about thinking
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Metamemory
People’s knowledge about, awareness of, and control over their own memory

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