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Final Review Part 5
final review
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Psychology
12th Grade
12/14/2010

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Memory
Definition
System of processes by which the products or results of learning are stored for future use
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Sensory Memory
Definition
Very Brief ( 0.5. -1.0 seconds) but extensive memory for sensory events
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Short-term memory
Definition
Memory stage in which information is held in conciousness for 10-20 seconds
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Working Memory
Definition
Second stage of memory, in it attention and concious effort are brought to bear on material
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Long-Term Memory
Definition
Memory stage that has a very large capacity and capability to store information relativly permanetly
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Maintenance Rehersal
Definition
Rehersal used when we want to save or maintain a memory for a specified period of time
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Elaborative rehersal
Definition
Rehersal in which meaning is added to the material to be remembered
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Proactive interference
Definition
Situation in which previously learned information hinders the recall of info learned more recently
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Retroactive interference
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Situation in which information learned more recently hinders the recall of info learned previously
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Procedural Memory
Definition
Memory for making responses and performing skilled actions
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Semantic Memory
Definition
Memory for general knowledge
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Tip-Of-The-Tongue phenonomenon
Definition
condition of being almost but not quite, able to remember something used to investigate the nature of semantic memory
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Episodic Memory
Definition
Memory of one's personal expierences
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Episdoic Memory
Definition
Memory of one's personal expierences
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Flashbulb memory
Definition
very detailed memory of an arousing, surprising, or emotional situation
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Implicit Memory
Definition
Unconcious memory processing in which prior exposure to stimulus items may aid in subsquent learning
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Semantic Network
Definition
Network of related concepts that are linked together
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Schema grouping or cluster of knowledge about an object or sequence of events
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State Dependant learning
Definition
Theory stating that when we learn something when in a specific physiological state, our recall of that information will be better when we are in the same physiological state
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mnemonic devices
Definition
procedures for associating new information with previously stored memories
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Method of Loci
Definition
use of familar locations as cues to recall items that have been associated with them
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Pegword Technqiue
Definition
use of familar words or names as cues to recall items that have been associated with them
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Acroym
Definition
A word formed by the intial letter(S) of the items to be remembered
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What is the difference between photographic and eidetic imagery?
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What are the four major categories or types of long-term memory, and what does research tell us about how we process information for each category?
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