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| retention of memory over time |
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| false but subjectively compelling memory |
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Brief storage of perceptual information before it is passed to short-term memory.
Psychologist believe each sense, vision, hearing, touch, taste, and smell has its own form of sensory memory. |
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| the type of sensory memory that applies to vision |
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| the type of sensory memory that applies to vision |
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| memory that applies to hearing |
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| memory system that retains the information we are currently thinking about for limited durations. Short term errors tend to be acoustic, that is, based on the sound of the information we've received. |
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| fading of information from memory |
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| loss of information from memory because of competition for additional incoming information. Our memories get in the way of each other and are very much like radio signals. |
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| interference with retention of old information due to acquisition of new information. |
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| interference with acquisition of new information due to previous learning of information |
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| the span of short-term memory, according to George Miller: seven plus or minus two pieces of information. |
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| organizing information into meaningful groupings, allowing us to extend the span of short-term memory |
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| repeating information to extend the duration of retention in short-term memory. |
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| repeating stimuli in their original form to retain them in short-term memory |
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| linking stimuli to each other in a meaningful way to improve retention of information in short-term memory. |
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| levels-of-processing model |
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| model stating that the more deeply we process information, the better we remember it. |
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| sustained(from minutes to years) retention of information stored regarding facts, our experiences, and skills. Errors are based on semantic, that is, based on the meaning of information we've received. |
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| Tendency to remember words at the beginning of a list especially well |
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| tendency to remember words at the end of a list especially well. |
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| tendency to remember words at the end of a list especially well. |
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| graph depicting the effect of both primacy and recency on people's ability to recall items on a list. |
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| our knowledge of facts about the world |
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| our recollection of events in our lives |
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| aka declarative memory; memories we recall intentionally and of which we have conscious awareness. |
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| memories we don't deliberately remember or reflect on consciously. Example, unlocking our door. |
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| memory for how to do things, including motor skills and habits. Example riding bike, opening a soda can. |
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| our ability to identify a stimulus more easily or more quickly after we've encountered similar stimuli. |
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