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| the processing of information into the memory system |
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| the retention of recorded information over time |
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| What pathway does memory follow (3)? |
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| Sensory Memory-->Short-term memory--> Long-term memory |
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| provides very brief storage until the information is transferred to the short-term memory |
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| Smaller or equal to one second, a form of memory which holds a brief image or icon of a scene that has been perceived |
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| less than four seconds, form of sensory memory for sounds that have just been perceived, important for speech |
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| also known as working memory, has limited capacity, most information entering it will be forgotten |
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| focus on how things sound |
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| Visuospatial working memory |
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| related to how objects are oriented in space |
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| tendency to remember initial information or items presented early in a list because they have entered the long term memory (ex: digit span test and lists of words) |
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tendency to recall later information because the items are still in short term memory
(works in digit span task and lists of words) |
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| How many pieces of information can people remember on average? |
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| on average 7 plus or minus two |
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memories that can be described verbally, and which we are consciously aware of
(ex: facts, knowledge) |
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| consists of memories that cannot be described verbally, and which are not available to consciousness |
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| What are the further divisions of Explicit Memory |
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| What is implicit memory further divided into? |
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| Procedural, Priming, Conditioning and Habituation |
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| knowledge of facts about the world |
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| Recollection of events in our lives |
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| Memory for motor skills and habits |
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| ability to identify a stimulus more easily when we have previously encountered similar stimuli |
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| What are the three possible reasons we forget? |
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1. Forgetting as encoding failure - information never enters LTM
2. Forgetting can result from failure to retrieve information from LTM
3. Forgetting as an interference (proactive and retroactive) |
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| Disruptive effect of prior learning on recall of new information |
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| -Disruptive effect of new learning on recall of old information |
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Conscious strategies designed to improve memory
Ex: ROYGBIV |
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| A mnemonic technique where items to remember are mentally associated with specific physical location |
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