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| Loss of memories for events that occur after a head injury. ch.7 pg.293 |
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| Focusing awareness on a narrowed range of stimuli or events. ch.7 pg.267 |
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| A group of familiar stimuli stored as a single unit. ch.7 pg.272 |
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| The tendency to remember similar or related items in groups. ch.7 pg.276 |
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| A multilevel classification system based on common properties among items. ch.7 pg.276 |
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| A hypothetical process involving the gradual conversion of information into durable memory codes stored in long-term memory. ch.7 pg.293 |
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| The idea that forgetting occurs because memory traces fade with time. ch.7 pg.285 |
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| Declarative memory system |
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| Memory for factual information. ch.7 pg.295 |
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| Paivio's theory that memory is enhanced by forming semantic and visual codes, since either can lead to recall. ch.7 pg.270 |
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| Linking a stimulus to other information at the time of encoding. ch.7 pg.268-269 |
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| Forming a memory code. ch.7 pg.265 |
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| An organized cluster of knowledge about a particular object or sequence of events. ch.7 pg.276 |
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| Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon |
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| A temporary inability to remember something accompanied by a feeling that it's just out of reach. ch.7 pg.279 |
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| An unlimited capacity store that can hold information over lengthy periods of time. ch.7 pg.292 |
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| The idea that people forget information because of competition from other material. ch.7 pg.285 |
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| General knowledge that is not tied to the time when the information was learned. ch.7 pg.296 |
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