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| Processing info into memory system, extracting meaning |
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| Immediate, brief recording of sensory info. into memory system. Step before short-term memory |
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| holds a few items briefly before we forget or encode it through rehearsal. |
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| Conscious active processing of incoming auditory and visual info and stuff retrieved from long term memory, associated new and old material |
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| Views memories as emerging from interconnected neural networks |
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| Atkinson and Shiffrin's model's three parts are: sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory |
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| Space, time, frequency, and well-learned information such as native language |
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| Required attention and effort but produces durable and accessible memories |
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| Tendency for better retention when learning things over a spaced out amount of time versus all on one day |
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| Remember the first and last words on a list best |
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| encoding of meaning of words |
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| Mental pictures, powerful aid in processing, especially when combined with semantic encoding |
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| Memory aids, using visual aids and organizational devices |
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| Remember the past better than it was |
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| Words that rhyme or sound similar to original word, such as one is a bun |
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| Grouping info together into manageable units for later retrieval |
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| Fleeting photographic/sensory memory, studied by George Sperling |
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| Momentary memory of auditory stimuli, can be recalled for 4 seconds even when attention is elsewhere |
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| Long Term Potentiation (LTP) |
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| increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Neural basis for memory |
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| Clear memory of an emotionally significant moment of memory (9/11: you remember where you were and how you felt) |
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| Retention independent of conscious recollection, aka non declarative memory |
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| Memory of facts and experience that one can consciously declare |
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| Located in the frontal lobe helps process explicit memories for storage |
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| Measure of memory in which the person must retrieve info. learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test |
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| Measure of memory in which they can identify objects previously learned ie. multiple choice tests |
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| Learning material faster a second time |
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| Activation, unconscious, of particular associations in memory |
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| The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood. |
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| Absent mindedness (inattention to details leads to encoding failure such as where you put the keys), transience (storage decay overtime), and blocking (inaccessibility of stored info- see an actor and can feel the name on the tip of our tongue but can't retrieve it) |
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| Missattribution (confusing the source, putting someones words in someone else's mouth), suggestibility (effects of misinformation, asking if someone was abused makes them imagine they were), and bias (current feeling towards a friend may influence initial feelings when you first met them) |
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| Disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information |
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| Disruptive effect of new learning on recall of past knowledge |
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| Incorporating misleading info. into ones memory of an event |
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| Remember something but don't know where or how |
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| Conducted pioneering studies of verbal learning and memory |
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| Conducted studies on eyewitness memory |
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