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| the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of info |
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| stage 2, holding onto info |
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| stage 3, getting info out |
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| memory of things we naturally do like getting ready. we don't exactly need to remember how to do them |
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| memory of things we need to remember like studying or trying to remember something. takes effort. |
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| effortful, conscious repeating of info |
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| effortful, separating or segmenting study time |
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| effortful, focusing on meaning, semantics. |
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| effortful, relating the info to oneself |
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| effortful, memory aids (flash cards) |
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| effortful, associating to be remembered items with a series of physical locations (house milk, pool water) |
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| effortful, organizing items into more manageable units. |
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| effortful, organizing items into a series of classes |
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| effortful, create a word or sentence from 1st letter of each item |
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| brief storage for sensory info. |
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| iconic memory (sensory memory) |
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| visual: a few tenths of a second |
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| echoic memory (sensory memory) |
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| brief memory for material you are currently processing, up to 20 seconds. can remember words at end and front of list better. |
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| memory storage that holds a vast amount of information for many years, ranges from many seconds to a lifetime and the capacity is virtually limitless |
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| millers magical number for short-term memory |
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| getting info out with no clue (fill in blank) |
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| getting info out with a cue, identity (multiple choice) |
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| memory used to learn how to do something |
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| memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare |
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| memory is best when retrieval context matches encoding context (take class, take test in class and should no more material) |
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| memory is best when retrieval mood matches encoding mood (if remember better when tried, with retrieve better when tired) |
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| easier to remember info consistent with your current mood (if learning about sleep and tired, will remember better) |
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| some things are never encoded like details. we just don't remember some (coins) |
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| encoded memory may fade or disappear. we forget. |
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| sometimes we can't get the info out of storage. |
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| old info disrupts new info |
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| new info disrupts old info |
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| inability to form new memories or info (finding nemo and 50 first dates) |
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| inability to retrieve old memories of info |
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| loftus, incorporating info learned after an even into memory for that event (see car crash, given adjectives, in mind think it was a bigger crash than really was) |
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| not really amnesia, mixing up the source of our memories (dr. gives lesson, mom reads book, child mixes up where they heard the info) |
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| a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment of event (know where you were during 9/11, know where you were when you found out about a death, remember your first kiss) |
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| test yourself, you effortful encoding, get enough sleep |
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