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| the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information |
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| a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. |
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| the processing of information into the memory system |
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| the retention of encoded information over time |
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| the process of getting information out of memory storage |
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| the immediate, initial recording of sensory information in the memory system. |
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| activated memory that holds a few items brifely, such as the seven digits of a phone number while dialing, before the info is stored or forgotten |
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| the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system |
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| a similar concept that focuses more on the processing of briefly sotred information |
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| unconscious encoding of incidental inforamtion, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings. |
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| encoding that requires attention and conscious effort. |
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| the conscious repetition of inforamtion, either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage. |
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| the tendency for distributed study or practice to yeild better long-term retentin than is achieved through massed study or practice. |
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| our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list |
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| the encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words |
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| the encoding of sound, especially the sound of words. |
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| the encoding of picture images |
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| memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices |
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| organizing items into familiar, manageable units |
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| a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or pciture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second. |
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| momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words cans still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds. |
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| long-term potentiation (LTP) |
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| an increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a nerual basis for learning and memory. |
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| retention without conscious recollection of skills and dispositions |
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| memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare" |
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| a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in -the blank test |
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| a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test |
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| a memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time |
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| the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory. |
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| that eerie sense that "i've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience |
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| the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood. |
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| absent-mindedness, transience, and blocking |
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| misattribution, suggestibility, bias |
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| the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information |
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| the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information |
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| in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness. |
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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 have experienced, heard about, read about or imagined. |
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