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| Exact replica of an environmental message, usually lasts for a second or less |
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| Limited-capacity system, used to hold information after it has been analyzed for periods lasting less than 1-2 minutes |
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| System used to maintain information for extended periods of time |
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| Knowledge about how to do things |
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| What are the 3 memory processing techniques? |
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Method of loci
Peg-word method
Linkword system |
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| Mnemonic device where you choose some pathway and then form visual images of the to-be-remembered items sitting in locations along the pathway |
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| Mnemonic device where you form visual images connecting to-be-remembered items w/retrieval cues (pegs) |
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| Using other words to help link to the desired word/phrase |
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| Strategic process that helps to maintain short-term memories indefinitely through the use of internal repetition |
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| Short-term memory strategy that involves rearranging incoming information into meaningful or familiar patterns |
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| Encoding process that involves the formation of connections between to-be-remembered input and other information in memory |
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| Define flashbulb memories |
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| Rich memory records of the circumstances surrounding emotionally significant and surprising events |
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| Define proactive interference |
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| Process in which old memories interfere w/the recovery of new memories |
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| Define retroactive interference |
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| Process in which the formation of new memories hurts the recovery of old memories |
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