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| Short-term memory (working memory) |
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activated memory that holds a few items briefly
dialing a phone number you just learned so you don't forget it |
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| it is limited and it helps to use chunking and rote rehearsal |
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| repeating information over and over silently or out loud to remember something |
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| Automatic Versus Effortful processing |
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| automatic/unconscious (well learned information) vs. requires attention and effort |
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| encoding of sounds/sound of words |
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| encoding of meaning/meaning of words |
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| Encoding of picture images |
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| mental pictures, aid to effortful processing |
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memory aids
techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices |
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Complexity broken down
-broad concepts, categories, subcategories |
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| people tend to recall the end and beginning of a list |
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unconsciously relating or grouping things by the scene perceived with it
Ex. Heart next to a girl leads to you thinking she is nice |
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Distributed practice yields better long- term retention than massed practice
Studying: Read, take notes, review notes |
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Momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli
Picture image memory lasting no more than tenths of a second |
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Infinite capacity
the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system |
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| relocating new information into something we already know |
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| (Hippocampus) Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare |
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| enables people to see features of an image in minute details |
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| reactions and skills we learned to reach for in the future |
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| cerebellum and motor cortex |
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| the loss of childhood memories |
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a clear memory of an emotional significant moment or event
Ex. 95% of Americans remember where they were on 9/11 |
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| emotions or imagery from other memories that are occurring right now that making you think this has already happened |
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| Information never enters long-term memory |
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| Learning some items may disrupt retrieval of other information |
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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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| People unknowingly revise memories |
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| Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event |
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| Attributing to the wrong source an event that we experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined |
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| process of getting information out of memory |
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