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| process of encoding, storage, consolidation, and retrieval of information |
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| process of transforming information into a form that can be stored in memory |
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| maintaining information in memory |
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| physiological change in the brain that allows encoded information to be stored in memory |
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| bringing stored material to mind |
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| memory system that holds information from the senses for a period of time ranging from only a fraction of a second to about 2 seconds |
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| component of memory system that holds about seven items for less than 30 seconds without rehearsal |
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| event that occurs when short-term memory is filled to capacity and each new, incoming item pushes out an existing item, which is then forgotten |
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| memory strategy that involves grouping or organizing bits of information into larger units |
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| act of purposely repeating information to maintain it in short-term memory |
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| memory system with a virtually unlimited capacity that contains vast stores of a person's permanent or relatively permanent memories |
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| task in which a person much search memory to produce required information |
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| task in which a person much identify information as having been encountered before |
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| state-dependent memory effect |
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| information recall is better if in same emotional state as when information was encoded |
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| ability to retain an image of a visual stimulus for several minutes |
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| integrated frameworks of prior knowledge and assumptions |
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| process in which traumatic memories are buried in the unconscious |
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| partial or complete loss of memory due to loss of consciousness, brain damage, or some psychological cause |
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| inability to form new memories |
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| loss of memory for experiences that occurred shortly before a loss of consciousness |
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| all the processes that initiate, direct, and sustain behavior |
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| need to desire that energizes and directs behavior toward a goal |
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| first steps toward a goal |
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| continuing to work toward a goal despite encountering obstacles |
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| energy and attention applied to achieve a goal |
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| desire to perform an act because it is satisfying or pleasurable in and of itself |
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| desire to perform an act to gain an external reward or avoid an undesirable consequence |
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| natural tendency of the body to maintain a balanced internal state |
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| when activated, signals organism to eat |
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| ventromedial hypothalamus |
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| when activated, signals organism to stop eating |
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