Chapter 10 Flashcards

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1
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When you can’t tell the difference between an actual memory, and something someone told you, it is ___________.

A

Source misattribution

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When you get confused between something that happened to someone else and you or if it happened at all is is _________

A

Confabulation

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3
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Explicit memory is…

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Intentional recall of an event or information

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4
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When you recall you…

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Retrieve and reproduce straight from memory

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5
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Examples of recall include:

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Fill in the blank

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6
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Recognition is…

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Identifying previous info

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7
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Implicit memory is an ___________ retention in memory

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unconscious

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8
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Define: memory

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Capacity to retain and retrieve information

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9
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Taking information and changing it so you can properly understand the info is called…

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encoding

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10
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Storing is…

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retaining information over time

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A memory system that preserves accurate images of sensory info, is called…

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sensory register

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12
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the magic number for short-term memory is..

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7 +/- 2

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13
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Define: working memory

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when you use long term memory temporarily

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14
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Define: chunking

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when you take units of information and break into smaller units

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15
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What is long term memory used for?

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learning, building identity, navigating and creating histories

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16
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Define: schemas

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mental frameworks that help filter and interpret incoming info

17
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Procedural memories are memories for..

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knowing how

18
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Declarative memories are..

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knowing facts, rules, concepts and events

19
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What are the two parts of declarative memories?

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Episodic and semantic

20
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Define: semantic memories

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memories of general knowledge

21
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Define: episodic memories

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personal memories

22
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flashbulb memories are…

A

when you remember vivid details

23
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Define: serial-position effect

A

remembering the first and last items on a list

24
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Reviewing material while it is being learned is…

A

rehearsal

25
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Rehearsal can help ________ chance of retaining

A

increase

26
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Maintenance rehearsal is..

A

repetition

27
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Elaborative rehearsal is..

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associating new information with prior info

28
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Processing meaning is known as

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deep processing

29
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Processing surface info is..

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shallow processing

30
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Define: naive mnemonics

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rhyming, rehearsal, chunking, images, first letter

31
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Define: technical mnemonics

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number-letter, link and story

32
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Define: decay theory

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when you don’t use info, so you lose it

33
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forgetting the old is also known as…

A

retroactive interference

34
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forgetting the new is also known as…

A

proactive interference

35
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Define: state-dependent memory

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tendency to remember more if you’re in the same physical state

36
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Define: mood-congruent memory

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tendency to remember more if you’re in the same emotional state