memory Flashcards

(34 cards)

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flashbulb memories

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clear memory of emotional event

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memory

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how you store information in order to use it later on

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examples of flash bulb memories?

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when predifent kennedy was assassinated

- 9/11

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implicit memory?

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do not know you are doing smething

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ex of implicit memory ?

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walking, speaking

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explicit memory?

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facts and experiences one can consciously known

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ex of exlioxit memory ?

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what you learn in class

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7
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in building a memory we tend to:
select what is important
discard what is not important
process what is necessary to undertand info
store the info?
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information processing

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8
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sensory memory says ???

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throw out or keep it

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short term memory?

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holds little information

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long term memory?

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permanent and limitless storage of memory

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serial position effect?

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we recall first and last information

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12
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end of list is in ???

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short term

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13
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after a delay , recall is best for ???

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first words

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recency effect???

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remembering what you heard last because it is the most recent

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automatic processing???

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uncousnios encoding of incidental info

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ex of automatic prosesing?

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recalling place on textbook page for an answer

17
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automatic prossing occurs with little ??? and dosen’t ??? with other things

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effort

interfere

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effortful prossesing?

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put effort into remember something

19
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some types of info require ??? and ??? also

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effort

attention

20
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ex of effortful processing

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learning new names

21
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visual encoding exple?

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encoding images

22
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acoustic encoding?

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encoding sounds or someone speaking

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meaningful encoding???

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easier to learn meaningful things then nonsense

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participants given directions about washing clothes but not told what directions are about when told what directions are about we remember the directions better(refers to?)
meaningful encoding
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self reference effect???
linking material to yourself
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what is the most effective way of learning?
self reference
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??? nervous system deals with stress
sympathrnic
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more likely to remember ??? events
upsetting
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??? responsibiory is to form new memories
hipocampus
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??? hemisphere controls visual information
right
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damage to right himposcamus make you not be able to remember ???
location or pictures
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??? hemisphere deals with learning
left
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if you damaged left hipocampus you could not remember ???
verbal information