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Cognition-Memeory Flashcards

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flashbulb memory

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highly emotional events allows us to strong; and clearly store memory

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encoding

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putting information in

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storage

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retaining information

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retrieval

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pulling information out

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Memeory

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Ability to store information

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magic number seven

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7+-2 limits our capacity for processing information (5 to 9)

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automatic processing

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we processes an enormous amount of information effortlessly

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maintenance rehearsal

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intentionally going over information

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elaborate rehearsal

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explaining or relating it to personal affairs

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spacing effect

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we retain information n better as it is given to us over a span of time

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serial position effect

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tendency to recall information that is presented fist and last better than events in the middle ——- ———

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12
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types of stimulation

visual=
auditory=
tactile=
olfactory=
gustatory=
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iconic
echoic 
tactile
olfactory
gustatory
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central executive

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directs attention to material retrieved from LTM or important input from out sensory memory

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phonological loop

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temporarily stores sound …. like someone name

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sketchpad

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stores and manipulate mental image … like when you can image driving car to school from home

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level of processing theory

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craik and tuvlving

visual - what it looks like
acoustic - what it sounds like
semantic - what it means

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chunking

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breaking up large sets of information

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mnemonics

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memory aid tool/tricks

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method of loic

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invasion items in certain places

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procedural memory

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type of memory we have for “procedures” or for basic associations between stimuli and responses

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Declarative memory

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memories that can be copiously recalled

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episotic memory

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log term memory that is strong information about an event

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semantic memory

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long term storing information about the world

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implicit memory

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involves learning an action while the individual does not know

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explicit memeory

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refers to the experiences that are consciously known and declared

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recognition

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the person must identify an item amongst other choices

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recall

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bringing a thought or idea learned perviously and thus started in memory into conscious awareness

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retreval cues

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associations that help us pull out information

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priming

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acuteness to stimuli because of exposure to a certain event or experience

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context effect

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the context surrounding an event effects how an event is perceived

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mood congruent memory

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when trying to recall event emotion comes along with it

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TOT phenomenon (“tip of the tongue”)

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having a thought that is not all the way processed there for it can not be transmitted

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Memeory seen sins

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  1. absent-minded
  2. transience
  3. blocking
  4. misattribution
  5. suggestibility
  6. bias
  7. unwanted persistence
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proactive interference

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difficultly remembering information because of already remembered information

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retroactive interference

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difficulty remembering information because of newly learned information

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amygdla

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strengthens memory that has strong emotional association

37
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hippocampus

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deterioration of this part of the brain causes alzhimer disease

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cerebellum

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processes implicit memory

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long term potentiation

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our neurons grow after learning

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anterograde amnesia

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inability to form new memories

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retrograde amnesia

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inability to remember events from before an accident

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misinformation effect

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we incorporate incorrect information into our memory

altering the correct information

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source amnesia

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inability to remember information from existing knowledge origin

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prototype

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Prototypes are used to enhance memory and recall, since you can keep a prototype of something and then match new, similar things to the prototype in order to identify, categorize, or store this new thing

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problem solving

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a. identifying

b. selecting a strategy

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algorithms

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set of information for solving problems or a process

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heuristics

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rule of thumb for making efficient decisions

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heuristic strategy

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  1. working backward
  2. searching for analogies
  3. breaking a big problem into a smaller one
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confirmation bias

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tendency for a person to search for information that confers there perception

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mental set

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the tendency to approach a situation in a similar manor because that is the way it worked in the past

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functional fitness

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narrow and limited thinking inducing the problem solving system

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framing

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the presenting of information

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hindsight bias

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the tendency to believe, once the out come is already known, that you would have been able to foresee it

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belief perciverence

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Some people have the tendency or unwillingness to admits that there foundation is incorrect even in light of convincing evidence contrary to there belief

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