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Ch. 8 Memory Flashcards

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Memory

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any indication that learning has persisted over time through the encoding, storage and retrieval of info
- our ability to store and retrieve information

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Encoding

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the processing of information into the memory system (ex: by extracting meaning)

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Storage

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the process of retaining encoded information over time

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Retrieval

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the process of getting information out of memory storage

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Forgetting

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we cannot remember what we have not encoded (encoding failure), memories that are discarded (stored memories decay), or memories we are unable to retrieve
-Storage Decay and Amnesia

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3 Types of Memory

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  1. Sensory Memory
  2. Working Memory
  3. Long-term Memory
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Sensory Memory

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Memory for sensory info that is stored in sensory form; the immediate, very brief recording of sensory info in the memory system

  • Capacity: virtually unlimited
  • Duration: varies, but generally seconds or less
  • –Sight: 5 sec long
  • –Hearing: 3-4 sec long
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Working Memory

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Briefly stores and processes selected information from the sensory registers; newer understanding of short-term memory that adds conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory

  • Allows us to selectively attend to info that is relevant or unimportant, and hold info for a short period of time until you decide what to do with it
  • Capacity: 7 + - 2 units
  • Duration: limited duration (~12 sec unrehearsed)
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Long-term Memory

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Everything we “know”; the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system, includes knowledge, skills, and experiences

  • Capacity: unlimited
  • Duration: more or less permanent
  • Encoded according to its meaning (semantically), not exact words (NOT a tape recorder)
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Eidetic Imagery

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Memory for a sensory event that is as accurate as if the person were still viewing, or hearing, the original object or event

  • Only a few, rare individuals
  • Evidence for memory errors and reconstruction
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3 Types of Long Term Memory

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  1. Semantic
  2. Episodic
  3. Procedural
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Semantic Memory

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stores facts and information

-hippocampus

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Episodic Memory

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stores personally experienced events

-hippocampus

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Procedural Memory

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stores info relating to skills, habits, and other perceptual-motor tasks
-cerebellum

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Effortful Processing

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Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort (rehearsal, conscious repetition, elaboration)

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Chunking

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grouping of information into meaningful units

Acronyms

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Hierarchy

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complex information broken down into broad concepts and further subdivided into categories and subcategories
Outlines

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Imagery

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creation of visual images helps memory

Concrete vs. abstract words- concrete are easier to memorize

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Spacing Effect

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we retain information better long-term when rehearsal is over time (spaced/ distributed)
Different from spatial automatic processing

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Testing Effect

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repeated quizzing helps retention; quizzing is better than “re-studying”
Works because practice retrieval aids later retrieval, identifies gaps in knowledge, improves “metacognition”- knowing what you know

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Deep/Semantic Processing

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we remember meaning

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What types of encoding are most memorable ?

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  1. Semantic (type of…)
  2. Acoustic (rhymes with…)
  3. Structural/ Visual (written in capitals?)
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What does Ebbinghaus’ retention curve demonstrate?

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Amount remembered depends on the time spent learning
The more times the nonsense syllables were practiced on Day 1, the fewer repetitions were required to remember them on Day 2

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Serial Position Effect

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tendency to recall best the last (recency) and first (primacy) items in a list

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Recency Effect

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recall better for last items (recent)

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Primacy Effect

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recall better for first items

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When and why do recency and primacy effects occur?

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Depends on time before recall
Immediate recall: regency & primacy (involves short term memory)
Delayed recall: primacy only (long term memory bc of rehearsal)

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Amnesia

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Damage to hippocampus

  • People can often learn now to do something (implicit), but not tell you how they learned it (explicit)
  • –HM has muscle memory for mirror drawing but doesn’t know
  • Most real life cases are anterograde, not retrograde
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Anterograde Amnesia

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loss of memory for new info (inability to form new memories)

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Retrograde Amnesia

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loss of memory for the past (inability to retrieve info from one’s past)

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Storage Decay

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Forgetting is initially rapid and then levels off over time
Ex: Alzheimer’s
Ebbinghaus’ Forgetting Curve

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Forgetting Curve

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the course of forgetting is initially rapid, then levels off with time

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Misinformation Effect

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Incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event

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False Memories

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Can be implanted in individuals (ex: lost at mall, hot air balloon); fell real, imagery increases confidence
-Misinformation Effect and Source Amnesia

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Problems with Eyewitness Testimony

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Picking suspect can influence or form a new (false) memory

People become convinced that they identified the right perpetrator by reinforcement

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How should lineups be conducted to avoid false witness testimony?

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  • Have someone independent administer lineup
  • Show suspects one at a time, give a warning that it could be none of them
  • The person should be quick to choose suspect if they really recognize the person
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Repressed Memories (Freud)

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defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories from consciousness (but an unconscious process)
Evidence?
Actually, heightened emotions (stress related or otherwise) make for strong memories
-we do NOT unconsciously “repress” memories

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What kinds of information do we encode automatically?

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Incidental info, such as space, time, and frequency (ex: where you ate dinner yesterday), and of well-learned info, such as word meanings

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Long Term Potentiation (LTP)

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an increase in a cell’s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory

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State-dependent memory

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what we learn in one state- be it drunk or sober- may be more easily recalled when we are again in that state

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Mood-congruent memory

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the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood

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