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Chapter 5
Vocabulary from chapt 5
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
06/02/2013

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 Semantic memories

 

Definition
Memories of the meanings of words, concepts, and General facts.
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Modality-specific Memory store
Definition
a memory store that retains input from a single perceptual system, such as vision or  audition
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recall
Definition
The act of bringing  explicit information  to awarness
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Explicit Memories (declaritave Memories)
Definition
Memories that can be retreived voluntarily and brought into short term memory
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Habit
Definition
A well learned response that is carried out automatically
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Reality Monitoring

 

Definition
Pating attention to characteristics that distinguish actual from imagined stimuli
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Forgetting curve
Definition

A graphic representation of the rate at which information is forrgotten

 

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Encoding Failure
Definition
A failure to process to be remembered information well enough to ensure it is entered into long term memory
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decay
Definition

the loss of memories over time because the relevent conections among them are lost

 

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