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| Linking a stimulus to other information at the time of encoding |
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| Levels-of-post-processing theory |
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| Proposes that deeper levels of processing result in longer-lasting memory code |
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| Holds that memory is enhanced by forming semantic and visual codes, since either can lead to recall |
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| involves deciding how or whether information is personally relevant |
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| preserves info in its original sensory form for a prief time (fraction of a second) |
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| a multilevel classification system based on common properties among items |
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| nodes preresenting concepts joined together by pathways that link related concepts |
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| Connectionist or Parallel Distributed Processing Modules (PDP) |
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| assumes that cognitive processes depend on patters of activation in highly interconnected computation networks that resemble neural networks |
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| occurs when participants recall of an event they witness is altered by introducing misleading postevent info |
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| involves making attributions about the origins of memories |
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| occurs when a memory derived from one source is misattributed to another source |
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| refers to the process of deciding whether memories are based on external sources (actual perception) or internal sources (thoughts) |
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| proposes that forgetting occurs because memory traces fade with time |
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| proposes that people forget info because of competition from other material |
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| Encoding specificity principal |
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| value of material cue depends on how well it corresponds to the memory cue |
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| Transfer-appropriate processing |
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| occurs when the initial processing of info is similar to the type of processing required by the subsequent measure of retention |
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| Declarative memory system |
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| handles factual information |
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| Nondeclarative memory system |
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| houses memory for actions, skills, conditinoal responses, and emotional responses |
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| made up of chronological recollections of personal experience |
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| general knowledge, not tied |
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| Prospective memory system |
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| system to remember to do something |
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| the process by which children map a word onto an underlying concept after 1 exposure |
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| a child incorrectly uses a word to describe a wider set of objects/actions than meant to |
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| Example -- "Give ball" or "Take home" |
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| average length of spoken statements |
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| Example -- "The girl goed home" or "I hitted the ball" |
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| Ability to reflect on the use of language |
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| degree to which a person is sociall integrated into a new culture |
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| Language acquisition device |
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| innate mechanism or process that we speak because it facilitates the learning of language (i.e. we speak because we are biologically equipped for it |
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| hypothesis that one's language determiens one's thought |
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| tendancy to percieve an item in terms of its most common use |
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| Always using the same strategy to solve a problem |
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| refers to the set of possible pathways to solution |
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| field dependance-independance |
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| Individuals tendancy to rely primarily on external vs. internal frames of reference when orienting themselves in space |
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| Chosing girlscout instead of girl i.e. not viewing one as a part of the set of the other |
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| neurons sensitive to glucose |
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| refers to what each sex has to invest (money, time, cleaning, etc) to product & nurture offspring |
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| increase in electrical conductivity of skin when sweat glands increase activity |
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