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Cognition Chapter 5
Exam Two
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Psychology
Undergraduate 3
10/28/2006

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recall memory
Definition
producing a fact, ex; fill in the blank, part of explicit memory
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recognition memory
Definition
select or otherwise identify an item as being one that you leared previously, ex: T/F multiple choice
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serial-recall
Definition
type of recall memory; you must repeat the itms in a list in the exact order in which you heard or read them. ex; phone number
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free-recall
Definition
type of recall memory; you must repeat the items in a list in any oder in which you can recall them. ex; word lists
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cued-recall (paired-associates recall)
Definition
type of recall; must memorize a list of paired items; then when you are given one item in the pair you must recall the mate for that item. ex; phrases
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Relearning
Definition
psychologists study the number of trials it takes to lean once again items that were leanred at some timein the past. ex; capitols of states
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explicit memory
Definition
in with participants engage in conscious recollection: recall and recognition
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implicit memory
Definition
recollect something but are not consciously aware that we are trying to do so; reading and recognizing words and meanings
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Priming
Definition
is the facilitation in your ability to utilize missing information; participants tend to perform better when they have seen the word on a recently presented list.
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Traditional Model of Memory
Definition
(Atkinson, Shiffrin) 3 memory stores

sensory store

short-term store

long-term store

hypothetical constructs: they are not themselves directly measurable or observable but that serve as mental models for understanding how apsychological phenomenon works.
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Sensory Store
Definition
first memory store, capable of storing relatively limited amounts of information for very brief periods of time.

This is where Iconic store is
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Iconic Store
Definition
discrete visual sensory register that holds information for very short periods of time.

Remembered in forms of icons.
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Short Term Store
Definition
2nd memory store; capable of storing information for somewhat longer periods but also of relatively limited capacity

about 3-5 max 7 items at a time.
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Long Term Store
Definition
3rd memory store; very large capacity, capable of storing information for very long periods, perhaps even indefinitely

don't know how full this store can get, because it has never happened before.

Permastore: very long term storage ex; foreign language and mathematics
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Levels-of-Processing Framework
Definition
radical departure from three-stores model

suggests memory varies along a continuous dimension in terms of depth and encoding.

infinite number of levels of processing (LOP) at which items can be encoded. No distinct boundaries from one level and the next.
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Physical, Acoustic, and Semantic Processing
Definition
different levels of processing

physical: visually apparent features of the letters

Acoustic: sound combinations associated with the ltters (ex; rhyming)

Semantic: meaning of the word
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Working Memory Model
Definition
An Ingtegrative Model

Core of LOP framework

distinct feature to model is the working memory: holds only the most recently activated portion of long-term memory, and it moves these activated elements into and out of brief, temporary memory storage.
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Visuospatial Sketchpad
Definition
one of four elements of working memory

briefly holds some visual images
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phonological loop
Definition
one of four elements of working memory

briefly holds inner speech for verbal comprehension and for acousitc rehearsal.

Two components critical: phonological
storage (holds information in memory) and subvocal rehearsal (used to put the information into memory in the first place.

Without loop, decay takes only 2 secs.
Term
central executive
Definition
both coordinates attentional activities and governs reponses

one of elements of working memory

critical to working memory (gates mechanism that decides what information to process further and how to process it.)
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episodic buffer
Definition
one of the elements of working memory

integrates information from different parts of working memory so that they make sense to us.

limited-capacity system that is capable of binding information from the subsidiary systems and from long-term memory into the unitary episodic representation.
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mnemonist
Definition
someone who demonstrates extraordinarily keen memory ability

usually based on memory enhancing techniques
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hypermnesia
Definition
process of producing retrieval of memories that would have seem to have been forgotten
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Amnesia
Definition
Memory deficit

severe loss of explicit memory

types: retrograde, infantile, anterograde
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retrograde amnesia
Definition
individuals lose their purposeful memory for events prior to whatever trauma induces memory loss.

when someone sustains a concussion

or traumatic event
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infantile amnesia
Definition
inability to recall events that happened when we were very young.

little to nothing before the age of 5

rare to impossible to remember anything before the age of 3
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anterograde amnesia
Definition
inability to remember events that occur after a traumatic event.
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