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Memory

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Ability to recall past events in a reconstructed way. Allows for retention and retrieval.

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What are the 3 Key Processes of Information Processing?

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  1. Encoding
  2. Storage
  3. Retrieval
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Encoding can be… (2)

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Automatic or controlled.

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What is encoding?

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Organization of sensory information to be used by the nervous system.

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What is storage?

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The process of maintaining information within the stores of the brain.

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What are the 3 Stages of Storage?

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  1. Sensory Memory
  2. Short-term Working Memory
  3. Long-term Memory
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What is sensory memory?

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A mechanism that encodes and briefly stores stimulus which can be auditory, visual, or tactile.

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What is short-term memory?

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Active process that holds information.

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How much was it originally thought that humans could in short-term memory hold and who did study on this?

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Miller. 7 items give or take 2.

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How can one maintain memories in their short-term memory?

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Through repetitive processing of information (rehearsal)

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What is elaborative rehearsal?

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Repetition and analysis of information in order to keep more information in short-term memory.

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What is Chunking?

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Grouping information in ways that expand short-term memory.

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What is long-term memory?

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Memory systems that are involved in the long-term storage of information. Permanent with unlimited capacity.

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How is long term memory generally organized?

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Semantic maps and categories.

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What are the two types of long-term memory?

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  1. Procedural (Implicit)

2. Declarative (Explicit)

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What are two types of declarative memories?

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  1. Semantic (general)

2. Episodic (personal)

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What is an procedural memory?

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The ability to remember how to perform an acquired skill, not linked to a point in time and can be retained from early age.

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What is declarative memory?

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Ability to remember and verbalize information.

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What is episodic memory affected by?

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Confabulation.

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What is source misattribution?

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Inability to distinguish an actual memory of event from information you have learned about that event.

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What is confabulation?

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Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you/ belief that you remember something that didn’t actually happen to you.

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What can cause confabulation? (4)

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  1. Repetitive retelling/rehearing of a story.
  2. Story is detailed
  3. Easy to imagine
  4. Focuses on emotional reactions of event.
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What is retrieval?

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Process by which information is recovered by memory.

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What are 3 measures of retrieval?

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  1. Recall
  2. Recognition
  3. Relearning
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What are recall tasks?

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Participants are asked to remember previously presented information.

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What are 3 widely used recall tasks?

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  1. Free Recall (any order)
  2. Serial Recall (same order as presented)
  3. Paired Associate (cue to recall second half of pair)
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What is the serial-position effect?

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The tendency for recall of first and last items of a list to surpass the recall of items in the middle of a list.

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What are the 3 Key Processes of Information Processing?

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  1. Encoding
  2. Storage
  3. Retrieval
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Encoding can be… (2)

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Automatic or controlled.

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What is encoding?

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Organization of sensory information to be used by the nervous system.

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What is storage?

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The process of maintaining information within the stores of the brain.

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What is an procedural memory?

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The ability to remember how to perform an acquired skill, not linked to a point in time and can be retained from early age.

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What is declarative memory?

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Ability to remember and verbalize information.

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What is Cue-dependent forgetting?

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The inability to remember something without a cue to remind you of that information.

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What is source misattribution?

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Inability to distinguish an actual memory of event from information you have learned about that event.

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What is confabulation?

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Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you/ belief that you remember something that didn’t actually happen to you.

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What can cause confabulation? (4)

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  1. Repetitive retelling/rehearing of a story.
  2. Story is detailed
  3. Easy to imagine
  4. Focuses on emotional reactions of event.
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What are recall tasks?

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Participants are asked to remember previously presented information.

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What are 3 widely used recall tasks?

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  1. Free Recall (any order)
  2. Serial Recall (same order as presented)
  3. Paired Associate (cue to recall second half of pair)
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What is the serial-position effect?

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The tendency for recall of first and last items of a list to surpass the recall of items in the middle of a list.

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What are recognition tasks?

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Particpants are asked to recognize relevant information (e.g. MC tests)

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What is relearning?

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Repeated attempts to better learning information that in already partially in memory (shorter time = improved memory)

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What is the encoding specificity principle?

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Effectiveness of retrieval cue depends on how well it matches with original encoded memory.

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What is state-dependent learning?

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Information learned in a particular state is best remembered in that same state (drug use, traumatic experiences, time of day)

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What is long-term potentiation?

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Long-lasting increase in strength of synaptic responsiveness. Reflects Hebbian learning ideas; may involve glutamate.

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What is consolidation?

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The process by which synaptic changes associated with recently stored memories become durable and stable –> memory becomes more reliable.

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Which part of the brain is linked to STM tasks?

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Frontal Lobe.

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Which part of the brain is linked to LTM tasks?

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Hippocampus.

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What part of the brain is used when encoding words and pictures?

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Prefrontal cortex and areas adjacent to the hippocampus.

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What part of the brain are procedural memories linked to?

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Changes in the cerebellum.

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What part of the brain is involved in the formation of LTM?

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Cerebral cortex.

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What are some things that may enhance memory?

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The combination of epinephrine and glucose.Moderate levels of stress hormone (too much impairs memory but a small amount released by adrenal gland is good.)

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What are 5 Things that account for why we forget?

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  1. Decay
  2. Replacement
  3. Interference
  4. Cue-dependent Forgetting
  5. Amnesia
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What is decay theory?

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Information in memory eventually disappears if it is not accessed.

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What is replacement?

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New information can wipe out old information (stop-sign study)

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What are 2 types of interference?

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  1. Retroactive interference

2. Proactive interference

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What is retroactive interference?

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When recently learned information interferes with the ability to remember similar material that was already stored.

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What is Proactive interference?

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When previously learned information interferes with ability to remember similar, more recent information.

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What is Cue-dependent forgetting?

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The inability to remember something without a cue to remind you of that information.

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What are 2 types of amnesia?

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Psychogenic amnesia and Traumatic amnesia.

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What is psychogenic amnesia?

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Loss of personal identity associated with psychological causes (short-term memory loss)

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What is traumatic amnesia?

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Loss of memory involving the burying of specific traumatic events, usually lasts a long period of time. Involves repression.

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What is repression?

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The selective involuntary pushing of threatening or upsetting information into the unconscious. This is controversial.

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why is repression controversial?

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Because individuals are more likely to remember traumatic events and its is hard to distinguish from other forms of forgetting.

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What is childhood amnesia?

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Inability to remember things from first few years of life.

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What explains infantile amnesia (3)?

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  1. Brain development (prefrontal cortex)
  2. Cognitive development (lacking sense of self)
  3. Social Development (focus on routine of experiences and not distinctive experiences)
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What are narratives?

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Something we compose, simplify, and use to make sense of our lives.

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What is a flashbulb memory?

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Ability to vividly recall circumstances in which a person heard about a dramatic event. (9/11)

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What is extraordinary memory?

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Ability to remember many things at once, can be improved with practice.

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How can one improve their own memory?

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  1. Rehearsal
  2. Active Learning
  3. Personal Meaning
  4. Distribute practice
  5. Avoiding interference
  6. Chunking
  7. Mnemonics- imagery

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