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Memory (Final)
Terms from memory (2nd Term)
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Psychology
12th Grade
12/18/2012

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Term
Serial Memory
Definition
ordered lists (phone mumbers, SERIAL numbers)
Term
Free Recall
Definition
example- info for a test, (dates, terms)
Term
Paired-Associate Learning
Definition
example- Foreign language flashcards
Term
primacy vs. recency
Definition

primacy- remembering first things well

 

recency- remembering most recent things well

Term
Ebbinghaus Curve
Definition
recall drops rapidly after practice.
Term
Distributed Practice
Definition
Changes Ebbinghaus Curve
Term
Information processing model
Definition
The encoding, storage, and retrieval of memory
Term
Encoding
Definition
Selection of information to store
Term
Storage
Definition
Information placed in memory
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Retrieval
Definition
Stored memories brought back to consiousness
Term
Shallow Processing (Maintenance Rehearsal)
Definition
Simple repetition of material (not highly effective)
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Deep Processing (Elaborative Rehearsal)
Definition
Form association between new material and material already stored
Term
Sensory Memory
Definition

allows us a very short period of time to review the 

overwhelming amount of sensory information

Term
Visual vs. Auditory sensory register
Definition

Visual: maintains an image of what we have seen for a few tenths of a second after the stimulus has appeared

VS.

Auditory:maintains the sounds we have heard for about 3 or 4 seconds after the stimulus

Term
Short Term Memory
Definition

limited, relatively brief storage system for items we are 

currently aware of/working with

Term
Working Memory
Definition

(Short Term Memory)

Lasts about 18 seconds

About 7 items

Term
Long-Term Memory
Definition

Most Permanent Storage

 

includes:

-Episodic memory

-Semantic Memory

-Procedural memory

Term
Episodic Memory
Definition

reserved for personally experienced events (e.g. 

what you had for breakfast, first day of high school....)

Term
Semantic Memory
Definition

general factual knowledge (e.g. temperature at 

which water boils, math or physics equations, etc.)

Term
Procedural
Definition

related to skills or habits (e.g. how to brush teeth, 

fix a flat tire, drive to friend’s house, etc.)

Term
Explicit/Declarative memory
Definition
consciously aware of
Term
Implicit/ Non-declarative memory
Definition
not consciously aware of (often procedural)
Term
Reconstructive Memory
Definition

piecing together memories to fit a meaningful plan or 

organization (can account for inaccuracy)

Term
State-Dependent Memory
Definition
improved retrieval when in same emotional or mental state that was present when material was rehearsed
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