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1st stage of info processing. - getting information into memory system |
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2nd stage of info processing - Retaining information over time |
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3rd stage of info processing - Getting information out of storage |
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| Unconscious encoding of info |
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| Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort |
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| Conscious repetition of information |
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| German philosopher who conducted memory studies |
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| Learning information beyond the point where it has been learned |
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| Ability to recall items at the beginning of a list |
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| Ability to recall items near the end of a list |
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| Tendancy to recall best the first and last items of a list |
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| Tendency for distributed practice to yield better results than cramming |
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| Spreading learning time in several sessions separated by periods of time |
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Cramming. (all rehearsal time in one session) |
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| Semantic encoding of information that is personally relevant |
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| Tendency to recall events of high points in our life more positively than we actually felt about them at the time |
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| Memory trick or technique |
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| A mnemonic device in which you associate items you want to remember with imaginary places |
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| A mnemonic device in which you associate items you want to remember with a list of peg words you have already memorized |
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| Organizing information into meaningful units |
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| Organizational system that focus on the relationships between pieces of information |
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| Brief, initial coding of sensory information in the memory system |
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| Visual information in sensory memory for less than half a second |
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| Auditory information in sensory memory for three or four seconds |
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| Conscious memory that holds seven chunks of info until it is forgotten or stored |
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| Relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory system |
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| A vivid, clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event |
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| An increase in a synapse firing efficiency |
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| Memories of facts and experiences that one must consciously retrieve and declare |
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| Memory of skills, like how to walk, that are retrieved unconsciously |
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| Where explicit memories are processed |
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| Where implicit memories are processed |
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| Retrieving info that you stored earlier. -Fill-in-the-blank test |
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| Identifying info that you learned earlier -Multiple-choice text |
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| Ability to retrieve information when you are in an environment similar to the one in which you encoding the info |
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| Something that reminds you of a memory |
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| Environment in which you encode or retrieve information |
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| Ability to retrieve information where you are in the same physical and emotional state you were in when you encoded the info |
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