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Memory strategy

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any method aimed at improving long term or short term retention of information

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Divided attention

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doing two tasks at a time - can cause memory to decrease of one task

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levels of processing

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processing information in a deeper level, proven to improve memory

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survival processing

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encoding information based on how likely it would be to help you survive, or how it would help you survive

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generation effect

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elaboration

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concentrate on the specific meaning of a particular concept; relate this concept to your prior knowledge and to interconnected concepts that you have already mastered

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rehearsal

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repeating the information you want to learn over and over again

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distinctiveness

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on memory trace is different from all other memory traces

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von restorff effect

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when one thing is very distinct or isolated from others, its more likely to be remembered

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self reference effect

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relating information to yourself in order to encode it better

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encoding specificity principle

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if the state or mood that you are in when you enocde info matches the state or mood you are in when you recall info, recall improves

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overconfidence

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believing that you know all the concepts, becuase you just learned them and then not studying enough

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total-time hypothesis

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the amount of info that you learn depends on the total time you devote to learning

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distributed practice effect

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you will remember more material if you spread your learning trials over time

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spaced learning

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spread learning trials over time

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massed learning

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cramming, learning the material all at once

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desirable difficulties

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a learning situation taht is somewhat challenging, but not too difficult

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testing effect

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being tested on material improves memory

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mnemonics

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mental strategies designed to improve your memory

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keyword method

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create an image that links a keyword with the meaning of a new word - chompipe: turkey chomping on a pipe

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organization

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using a systematic order to the material they want to learn

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chunking

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combining several small units into larger units

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hierarchy

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items are arraged in a series of classes from most general to most basic

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first letter technique

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ROYGBIV

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narrative technique
making a story that links a series of words together
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multimodal approach
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restrospective memory
remembering info from the past
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prospective memory
remembering things you need to do in the future
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external memory aid
post it note on the fridge that says get milk
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metacognition
your knowledge and control of your cognitive processes
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self knowledge
what people believe about themselves
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metamemory
people's knowledge, monitoring and control of thier memory
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foresight bias
the tendency, when studying for an exam, to be be overconfident about performance on that exam
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meta comprehension
your thoughts about language comprehension
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reading strategies
read a passage, wait a few minutes, and them explain that passage to yourself, think about how to manage your own reading
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inference
logical interpretations and conclusion that were neer part of the original stimulus material
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category
set of objects that belong together
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concept
mental representations of a category
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prototype
the best most typical example of a category - ideal representative
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prototype approach
you decide whether an item belongs in this category by comparing it to a prototype
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prototypicality
the degree to which an item is representative of their category
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graded structure
begins with the most representative or protypical members and then continue to the non prototypical members
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typicality effect
people judge protypes as members of a category faster than non prototypes
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semantic priming effect
people respond faster to an item if it was preceded by an item with similar meaning
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family resemblance
no single attricute is shared by all examples of a concept, however each example has at least one attribute in common with some other example of the concept
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superordinate -level categories
higher level or more general categories: furniture, animal, tool
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basic level categories
moderately specific: chair, dog, screwdriver
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subordinate level categories
lower level and more specific: desk chait, collie, phillips screwdriver
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exemplar approach
we first learn information about some specific examples of a concept; we then classify each new stimulus by deciding how closely it resembles all of those specific examples
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exemplar
instead of comparing to prototype, you compare to the most and least typical of each category
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network models
propose a network-style organization of concepts in memory, with numerous interconnections.
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node
one unit inside the network
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spreading activation
When you see or hear the name of a concept, the node representing that concept is activated. The activation expands or spreads from that node to other connected nodes
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schema
generalized, well integrated knowledge about a situation, event or person
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heuristic
schemas are a type of heuristic ( a general rule that is typically accurate)
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schema therapy
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script
simple, wll strucutres, sequence of events that usually occur in a specified order, associated with highly familiar activity
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boundary extension
refers to our tendency to remeber having viewed a greater portion of a scene than was actually shown
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abstraction
memory process that stores the meaning of a message rather than the exact words
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verbatim memory
word for word recall
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false alarm
when people remember an item that was not originally presented
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constructive model of memory
people integrate info from individual sentence in order to construct larger ideas
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pragmatic view of memory
people pay attention to the aspect of a message that is most relevant to thier current goals
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memory integration
our background knowledge encourages us to take in new information in a schema consistent fashion
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gender sterotypes
beleieds and opinions that we associate with females and males
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implicit association test
based on the principles that people can mentally paur two related words together much more easily than they can pain two unrelated words
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thinking
going beyond the info you were given so that you can reach a goal
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problem solving
refers to the processes necesary to a reach a goal, where the solution is not immediately obvious
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intial state
describes the situation at the beginning of a problem
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goal state
what you are working toward in a problem
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obstacles
things that stop you from going from your initial state to your goal state
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understanding
when you have constructed a well organized mental representation of the problem based on both the info provided in the problem and your own previous experience
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problem representation
refers to the way you translate the elements of the problem into a different format
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matrix
a grid consisting of rows and columns
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algorithm
a method that will always produce a solution to the problem, although the process can sometimes be inefficient
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exhaustive search
you try out all possible answers using a specified system
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analogy approach
emplot a solution to a similar earlier problem to help you solve a new problem
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problem isomorphs
refers to a set of froms taht have the same underlying structs and solutions, but different specific details
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surface features
specific objects and terms used in the question
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structural features
the underlying core that they must understand in order to solve the problem correctly
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means-end heuristic
identify the ends, then figure about the means you need to meet the ends
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hill climbing heuristic
you consistently choose the atlerative that seems to lead most directly to yours goals - not always accurate
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expertise
when you have consistently exceptional skill and performance on respresentative tasks for a particular area
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mental set
you keep trying the same solution you used in previous problems
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fixed mindset
you believe you posses a certain amount of intellegence and other skills and that no amount of effort can help you perform better
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growth mindset
you can cultivate your intelligence and other skills
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functional fixedness
we tend to assign stable functions to an object
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stereotype threat
if you belong ot a group that is hampered by a negatie stereotype and you think about your membership in taht group, your performance may suffer
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insight problem
the problem initially seems impossible to solve, but then an alternative approach suddenly pops into your head
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noninsight problem
you solve the problem gradually, bu using your memory and reasoning skills

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