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Chapter 7 - Memory Flashcards

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Anterograde Amnesia

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Inability to encode new memories from our experiences.

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Chunking

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Organizing information into meaningful groupings,allowing us to extend the span of short-term memory.

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Context-Dependent Learning

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Superior retrieval of memories whenthe external context of the original memoriesmatches the retrieval context.

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Cryptomnesia

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Failure to recognize that our ideasoriginated with someone else.

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Decay

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Fading of information from memory over time.

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Distributed vs. Massed Practice

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Studying information in small increments overtime (distributed) versus in largeincrementsover a brief amount of time (massed).

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Echoic Memory

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Auditory sensory memory.

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Elaborative Rehearsal

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Linking stimuli to each other in a meaningfulway to improve retention of information inshort-term memory.

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Encoding

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process of getting information into our memory banks.

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Encoding Specificity

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Phenomenon of remembering something better when the conditions under which weretrieve information are similar to the conditionsunder which we encoded it.

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Episodic Memory

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Recollection of events in our lives. Metal Diary Right Frontal Cortex Activation

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Explicit memory

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Memories we recall intentionally and of which we have conscious awareness. Damage to Hippocampus impairs explicit memory.

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Flashbulb Memory

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Emotional memory that is extraordinarilyvivid and detailed.

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Iconic Memory

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Visual sensory memory.

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Implicit memory

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Memories we don’t deliberately remember or reflect on consciously.

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Infantile Amnesia

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Inability of adults to remember personalexperiencesthat took place at an early age.

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Interference

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Loss of information from memory because ofcompetition from additional information.

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Levels of Processing

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Depth of transforming information,which influences how well we remember it.

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Long-Term Depression (LTD)

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Long-lasting weakening of the connections betweentwo neurons after low patterns of activation.

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Long-Term Memory

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Relatively enduring (from minutes to years)retention of information stored regarding ourfacts, experiences, and skills.

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Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) 7

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Creation of fictitious memories by providing misleading information about an event after it takes place.

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Magic Number

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The span of short-term memory, according to George Miller: seven plus or minus two pieces of information.

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Maintenance Rehearsal

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Repeating stimuli in their original form toretain them in short-term memory.

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Memory

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Retention of information over time.

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Memory Illusion
False but subjectively compelling memory.
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Meta-Memory
Knowledge about our own memory abilities and limitations.
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Misinformation Effect
Creation of fictitious memories by providing misleading information about an event after it takes place.
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Mnemonic
A learning aid, strategy, or device that enhances recall.
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Permastore
Type of long-term memory that appears to be permanent.
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Primacy Effect
Tendency to remember words at thebeginning of a list especially well.
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Priming
Our ability to identify a stimulus more easily or more quickly after we’ve encountered similar stimuli.
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Proactive Interference
Interference with acquisition of new informationdue to previous learning of information.
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Procedural memory
Memory for how to do things, including motor skills and habits.
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Recall
Generating previously remembered information.
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Recency Effect
Tendency to remember words at theend of a list especially well.
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Recognition
Selecting previously remembered informationfrom an array of options.
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Rehearsal
Repeating information to extend the duration ofretention in short-term memory and promote thelikelihood of transfer to long-term memory.
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Relearning
Reacquiring knowledge we’d previously learnedbut largely forgotten over time.
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Retrieval
Reactivation or reconstruction of experiencesfrom our memory stores.
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Retrieval Cues
Hints that makes it easier for us to recall information.
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Retroactive Interference
Interference with retention of old informationdue to acquisition of new information.
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Retrograde amnesia
Loss of memories from our past.
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Schema
Organized knowledge structure or mentalmodel that we’ve stored in memory.
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Semantic Memory
Our knowledge of facts about the world. Mental Dictionary. Left Front Cortex Activation.
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Sensory Memory
Brief storage of perceptual information beforeit is passed to short-term memory.
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Serial Position Curve
Graph depicting both primacy and recency effectson people’s ability to recall items on a list.
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Short-Term Memory
Memory system that retains information for limited durations.
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Source Monitoring Confusion
Lack of clarity about the origin of a memory.
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State-Dependent Learning
Superior retrieval of memories when the organismis in the same physiological or psychological stateas it was during.
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Storage
Process of keeping information in memory.
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Suggestive Memory Technique
Procedure that encourages patients to recallmemoriesthat may or may not have taken place.
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Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon (TOT)
Experience of knowing that we knowsomething but being unable to access it.
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Von Restorff Effect
Tendency to remember stimuli that are distinctive orthat stick out like sore thumbs from other stimuli.
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Models of Memory
Freudian •All memories (especially tragic) are preserved but not accessible necessarily (repressed). • special strategies to recover repressed memories • linked to suggestibility Videotape Model • Updated Freudian model • some memories are intact for a long time and can be played at will • not supported Biological Model • Complex memories not stored in single cell • Some memories last long time if repeatedly activated through recall • Acknowledges biological limitations of brain
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Role of Amygdala
Remember emotional facts in a memory or event, especially fear.
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Role of Hippocampus
Remember facts of an event Injuries affect: • Impaired explicit memory and cause anterograde amnesia • Loss of consciousness can cause retrograde amnesia
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Atkinson-Shiffrin Model
3 Stage Memory Model • Sensory Memory 1-10 secs • Short Term Memory 7+-2 items, 20 secs • Long Term Memory

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