Memory Flashcards

(42 cards)

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Memory

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Process used to encode, store, and retrieve information

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Encoding

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Input of information

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Semantic Encoding

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Encoding of words and there meaning

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Effortful Processing

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Encoding information that takes effort and attention

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Visual Encoding

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Encoding of images

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Acoustic Encoding

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Encoding of sounds`

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Storage

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Creation of permanent record of information

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Sensory Memory

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Storage of brief sensory events such as sights sounds and taste

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Short-Term Memory

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Temporary storage system that processes incoming sensory memory

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Rehearsal

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Moves information from short terms to long term

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Long term memory

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Continuous storage of information

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Explicit memories

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Memories that we consciously try to remember, recall and report

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Episodic Memory

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information about events we have personally experienced

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Semantic Memory

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Knowledge about words, concepts, and language based knowledge facts.

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Implicit Memories

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Long term memories that are not part of our consciousness

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Procedural Memory

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Stores information about the way to do something. (Brushing Teeth) (Riding a bike)

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Retrieval

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Act of getting information out of memory storage and back to conscious awareness

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Recall

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Accessing information without cues.

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Recognitions

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Happens when you identify information that you have previously learned.

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Relearning

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Learning information that you previously learned

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Engram

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Group of neurons that serve as the physical representation of memory

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Equipotentiality Hypothesis

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brain involved in memory is damaged another part of the same area can take over that memory function

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Arousal Theory

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Strong emotions trigger strong memories and weaker emotions trigger weaker memories

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Flashbulb Memory

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Exceptionally Clear recollection of an important event

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Amnesia
Loss of the long term memory
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Anterograde Amnesia
Can't remember information but can remember information and events that happened prior to your injury.
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Retrograde Amnesia
Loss of memory for events that occured prior to the trauma
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Reconstruction
Process of bringing up old memories.
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Construction
Formulation of new memories
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Suggestibility
misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories
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False memory Sysndrome
Recall of false autobiographical memories
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Forgetting
Loss of information from the long term
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Transience
Memories can fade over time
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Misattribution
Confusing the source of information
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Bias
Feelings of the world can distort your memory
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Persistence
Remembering something that you can not get out of your head
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Proactive interference
When old information hinders the recall of newly learned information.
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Retroactive Interference
Information learned more recently hinders the recall of older information
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Memory- Enhancing strategies
Rehersal
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Chucking
Organize information into manageable chunks of time
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Elaborate Rehearsal
Technique in which you think about the meaning of new information and its relation to knowledge already stored in your memory.
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Mnemonic Devices
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