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Exam 2 - Chapter 5 Flashcards

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1
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_________ : process of retaining, retrieving and using information about stimuli, images, events, ideas and skills after the original information is no longer present

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Memory

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Memory: process of retaining, retrieving and using information about _________ , images, events, ideas and skills after the original information is no longer _________

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  • stimuli

- present

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Memory is active anytime a past experience affects the way a person _________ or behaves currently or in the _________

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  • thinks

- future

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Memory includes any time you are activating a _________ experience, that has implications of how you will or will not _________ in future

A
  • past

- behave

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Memory:
Stages-
-Acquisition: 
- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ :
-Retrieval:
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Storage

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Memory:
Stages
_________ : gaining information and placing it in memory

A

-Acquisition

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Memory:
Stages
_________ : holding on to information in memory until needed

A

-Storage

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Memory:
Stages
_________ : ‘remembering’ or pulling that information when needed

A

-Retrieval

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Memory:
Stages-
- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ : 
-Storage:
- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ :
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  • Acquisition

- Retrieval

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_________ : older theory of cognitive psychology in which cognitive processes, such as learning, require several small steps

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Information processing

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Information processing: older theory of cognitive psychology in which cognitive processes, such as learning, require several _________

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small steps

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Information processing:

Each step has to be completed so that _________ can move to the next step

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information

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Information Processing – often uses _________

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serial processing

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_________ – often using Information Processing

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Boxes and arrows

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_  -
Very brief (fractions of a second) ‘after image’ left in the sensory system after the stimulation disappears
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Sensory memory

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Sensory memory -

iconic = \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ 
echoic = \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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  • visual

- auditory

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Sensory memory -
Very brief (fractions of a second) ‘after image’ left in the sensory system after the stimulation \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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disappears

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_________ -

Brief storage of memory (several seconds) that needs repetition to stay in memory

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Working memory

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Working memory -

Brief storage of memory (several seconds) that needs _________ to stay in memory

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repetition

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_________ memory – trail of light from sparklers

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Sensory

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_________ memory = Working memory

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Short term

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_________ -

Storage of information for a long time (days>infinity)

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Long term memory (LTM)

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Long term memory (LTM):

_________ memory: memory for experiences (e.g., prom, graduation)

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Episodic

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Long term memory (LTM):

Episodic memory: memory for experiences (e.g., _________ , graduation)

A

prom

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Long term memory (LTM):

_________ memory: memory for facts (e.g., 1st US president, who cut down a cherry tree?)

A

Semantic

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Long term memory (LTM):

Semantic memory: memory for facts (e.g., 1st US _________ , who cut down a cherry tree?)

A

president

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Long term memory (LTM):

_________ memory: memory for muscle coordination (e.g., riding a bike, playing musical instruments)

A

Procedural

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Long term memory (LTM):

Procedural memory: memory for muscle coordination (e.g., riding a _________ , playing musical instruments)

A

-bike

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_________ memory - Tied to a specific incident in your life

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Episodic

30
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_________ memory – basic knowledge, not tied to a specific incident in your life

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Semantic

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_________ memory – how to do things

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Procedural

32
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Sensory > _________ > Long Term Memory

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Working memory

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_________ > Working memory > _________

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  • Sensory

- Long Term Memory

34
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Modal Model: Current Views

_________ memory deemed less important

A

Sensory

35
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The role of working memory in memory-
-Originally thought of as ‘loading/unloading’ dock for _________
This view has been modified—not a place, but a _________ of memory

A
  • LTM

- status

36
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Long term information – _________ information

Short term memory – _________ items

A
  • Infinite

- 7

37
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Regardless of how information is presented, the goal of working memory is to keep this information _________ for when we need it

A

-active

38
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Measuring Working Memory: Digit Span

Digit span ≈ _________

A

7±2

39
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Digit span ≈ 7±2

_________ : units of information

A

Chunks

40
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Measuring Working Memory: Operation Span

  • Storing final words of the _________
  • Working with full sentences
  • – -back-and-forth
A
  • sentences

- Switching

41
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Measuring Working Memory: Operation Span

More strongly related to other cognitive measures and ‘_________’ (e.g., IQ) than digit span performance

A

success

42
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Working Memory System

_________ , not a single entity

A

System

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Working Memory System
-Baddeley model

_________ —organizes info. In slave systems, combines info. in slave systems, selective attention to slave systems,

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Central Executive

44
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Working Memory System
-Baddeley model

_________ - Holds information about what we see and hear

A

‘Slave’ systems

45
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Working Memory System
-Baddeley model

_________ —recent addition, chronological sequence

A

Episodic buffer

46
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Working Memory System-

_________ – repeating a phone number

A

Phonological loop

47
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Working Memory System-

_________ – visualizing a sketch pad with a list of words

A

Visuo-spatial sketch pad

48
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Working Memory System-

_________ – keeps things in order

A

Episodic buffer

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Working Memory System-

_________ : Phonological loop, Visuo-spatial sketch pad, Episodic buffer

A

Slave systems

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