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Cog Psych Chapter 6
Long Term Memory
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
10/20/2011

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Term
Korsakoff's Syndrome
Definition
A condition caused by a prolonged deficiency in Vitamin B1 as a result of chronic alcoholism
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Anterograde Amnesia
Definition
Can't assimilate or attain new knowledge
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Retrograde Amnesia
Definition
Loss of memory for events that happened in past
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LTM
Definition
System responsible for storing info for long periods of time
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Serial Position Curve
Definition
Memory is better for words at the beginning of the list and at the end of the list than for words in the middle
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Primacy effect
Definition
Superior memory for things at beginning
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Recency
Definition
Superior memory for things at the end
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Most common type of coding in LTM and what it means
Definition
Semantic coding (meaning)
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Recognition Memory
Definition
ID stimulus that was encountered earlier
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Visual Coding
Definition
Representing info with image
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Phonological Coding
Definition
Representing info with sound
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HM and Clive Wearing
Definition
Can't form new long term memories
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KF
Definition
Functioning LTM but no STM
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Double dissociation
Definition
STM and LTM created by different mechanisms
Act independantly
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Types of LTM
Definition
Explicit
Implicit
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Explicit Memory
Definition
Concious or declarative memory
Can be described or reported
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Episodic Memory, what is it i?
Definition
In explicit memory
Memory for personal experiences
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Semantic Memory, What is it in?
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In explicit memory
Knowledge of facts and info
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Implicit Memory
Definition
Non declarative, unconcious
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Priming in implicit memory
Definition
Change in response based on presentation of same or similar stimuli
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Procedural Memory in implicit memory
Definition
Skill memory, memory for doing things
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Defining property of episodic memory
Definition
Time travel, reconnecting with past events
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Defining property of semantic memory
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Assessing knowledge about world not tied to personal experience
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Connections between episodic and semantic memory
Definition
Knowledge that maeks up semantic gained at first through personal experience
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Repetition Priming
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When test stimulus same as or resembles priming stimulus
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Conceptual Priming
Definition
Occurs when enhancement based on meaning of priming stimulus
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Propoganda Effect
Definition
More likely to rate statements that have heard or seen before as been true simply because have been exposed to them
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