chapter 7 memory

Question 1

memory

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ability to store and retrieve information

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stages of memory

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encoding, storage, consolidation, and retrieval

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explicit memory

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includes the processes we use to remember information we can say we know

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semantic memory

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facts/general knowledge, type of explicit memory

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episodic memory

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memory for ones past experiences that are identified by a time and place, type of explicit memory

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implicit memory

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unconscious/unintentional, expressed through responses, actions, or reactions

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procedural memory

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skills or habits, type of implicit memory

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priming

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facilitation of a response to a stimulus based on past experience with that stimulus or related stimulus

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sensory memory

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temporary memory system closely tied to the sensory systems, very briefly stores sensory information in close to its original sensory form

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iconic and echoic memory

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iconic-visual sensory memory
echoic-auditory sensory memory

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working memory

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a limited capacity cognitive system that temporarily stores and manipulates information for current use

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memory span

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the idea that 7 +/- 2 items can be held in working memory at a time

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chunking

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the process of breaking down information into meaningful units, helps increase amount of information held in working memory

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long term memory

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the storage of information that lasts from minutes to forever

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serial position effect

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items presented early or late in the list are remembered better than those in the middle

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primacy effects

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items listed first in the list are most likely to be remembered

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recency effects

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items listed last in the list are more likely to be remembered

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levels of processing model

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the more deeply an item is encoded and the more meaning it has, the better it is remembered

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maintenance rehearsal

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simply repeating the item over and over

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elaborative rehearsal

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encoding the information in more meaningful ways than just repeating

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schemas

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cognitive structures in semantic memory that help us perceive, organize, understand, and use information

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networks of association

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mnemonics

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learning aids or strategies to improve memory

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methods of loci

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the mnemonic strategy of associating items you want to remember with physical locations

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consolidation and reconsolidation

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the gradual processing of memory storage in the brain
reconsolidation- the restorage of memory after retrieval

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prospective memory

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involves remembering to do something at some future time

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retrieval cue

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anything that helps a person recall a memory, can lead us to intentionally search for memories (like when cued with a question while taking an exam)

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retrieval induced forgetting

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when retrieving an item from long-term memory impairs the ability to recall a related item in the future

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encoding specificity principle

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any stimulus encoded along with an experience can later trigger a memory of the experience

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context-dependent memory

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the recall situation is similar to the encoding situation

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state dependent memory

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memory can be enhanced when a person’s internal states match during encoding and recall

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proactive interference

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old information inhibits the ability to remember new information

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retroactive interference

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new information inhibits the ability to remember old information

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blocking

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a person is temporarily unable to remember something

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tip of the tongue phenomenon

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people experience great frustration as they try to recall specific, somewhat obscure words

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absentmindedness

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shallow encoding events caused by failing to pay attention

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amnesia

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inability to retrieve vast quantities of information from memory as a result of brain injury or psychological trauma

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retrograde vs anterograde amnesia

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retrograde-unable to remember anything before the incident
anterograde- inability to form new memories after the incident

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persistence (relevance to PTSD)

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unwanted memories are despite the desire not to have them

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memory bias

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the changing of memories over time so that they become consistent with current beliefs, knowledge, or attitudes

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source misattribution

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occurs when people misremember the time, place, person, or circumstances involved with a memory

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source amnesia

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a form of misattribution that occurs when people have a memory for an event but cannot remember where they encountered the information

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cryptomania

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people think they have come up with a new idea, instead they have retrieved an old idea from memory and failed to attribute the idea to its proper source

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suggestibility

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developing biased memories when provided with misleading information

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false memories

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people are mislead into recalling or recognizing events that did not happen

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flashbulb memories

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vivid memories of the circumstances in which people first learn of a surprising and consequential or emotionally arousing event

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problems with eyewitness testimony

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people tend to remember evidence that confirms their beliefs

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the Hebbian rule

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a synapse is strengthened if it is repeatedly active when the postsynaptic neuron fires
-neurons that fire together, wire together

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synaptic plasticity

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ability of neurons to modify the strength of their connection, to strengthen or weaken over time

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NMDA receptor

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responds only when large amounts of glutamate are available in the synapse and when the postsynaptic neuron is sufficiently depolarized

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morris water maze

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environmental cues in room provide info that permits animals to orient themselves in space and learn the location of a hidden platform, rats who had been hipoocampectomized take much longer to find the hidden platform than rats with hippocampus

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doogie mice

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mice that had enhanced NMDA receptors, mice had great memory and skill learning

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medial temporal lobes and the hippocampus

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holds ability to encode new long term memories

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henry molaison

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had medial temporal lobes/hippocampus removed, resulted in anterograde amnesia, supported the theory of multiple systems of memory located throughout the brain

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clive wearing

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had a medial temporal lobe lesion due to an infection, had profound anterograde and retrograde amnesia

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encoding

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the process by which the perception of a stimulus or event gets transformed into a memory

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long-tern potentiation

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the strengthening of a synaptic connection, making the postsynaptic neurons more easily activated by the presynaptic neurons
serves as a model to how neural plasticity might underlie long term memory