Chapter 7.2 The Three Processes of Memory

Question 1

encoding

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is getting information into memory

Question 2

storage

Answer 2

is keeping information in memory

Question 3

retrieval

Answer 3

is reactivation or reconstruction of information from memory

Question 4

Mnemonics

Answer 4

are learning aids, strategy or device that enhances recall

Question 5

Pegword Method

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Rhyming is a key component. One is a bun. Bun is pegword in this situation.

Question 6

Method of Loci

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creating a route to remember the words

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Keyword Method

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learning foreign languages, casa and case etc

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Storage

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How we store our experiences in memory depends on our interpretations and expectations of them

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Schemas

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organized knowledge structure or mental model that we’ve stored in memory

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Retrieval

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Many types of forgetting and failures of retrieval. Using retrieval cues can help to access information in long term memory

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Measuring memory

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makes use of the 3 Rs : recall, recognition, and relearning

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Recall

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generating previously remembered information

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recognition

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selecting previously remembered information from an array of options

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relearning

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savings: how much more quickly we reacquire something learned before

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encoding specificity

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phenomenon of remembering something better when the conditions under which we retrieve information are similar to the conditions under which we encoded it. Two types: context depended learning and state depended learning

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Context depended learning

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you better recall the information depend on where you learned them

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State depended learning

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Psychological or being drunk. If you lost your keys when you were drunk, you need to be drunk again to remember where they are.