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Memory Flashcards

(13 cards)

0
Q

Short term memory

A

(Working memory)
lasts about 30 secs
Limited capacity: 7 (+-2)
Disappears quickly

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Sensory memory

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Very short, temporary

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2
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Improving recall: chunking

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Grouping numbers together (4 each)

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3
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Long term memory:
Declarative-
Semantic-
Episodic-

A

Declarative-facts events
Semantic-facts events
Episodic-Life events

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4
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Long term memory:

-procedural

A

“Muscle memory”

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5
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Repressed memory

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Traumatic event (not recovered memory)

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6
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“Flashbulb” memory

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  • really strong memory

- emotional event

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7
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Photographic memory

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Take picture with mind

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8
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Automatic encoding

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Without effort

Interesting facts

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9
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Effortful encoding

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Repeat until learned

Elaborative rehearsal -make connections

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10
Q

Other memory tricks

A

Mnemonic device

Peg method

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11
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Why do we forget

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Repression
Amnesia (physical and psychological)
Poor retrieval cues (cram)
Interference (tip of tongue)

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12
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Eyewitness testimony

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Unreliable(77% of false convictions overturned by DNA)

  • own race bias
  • confidence not indicator
  • false convictions?
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