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Memory

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Any indication that learning has persisted over time

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Recall

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Being able to assess the information without being cued

Fill in the blank test without a word bank

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Recognition

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Identifying information after experiencing it again

Multiple choice test

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Relearning

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When we learn something for the second time the process occurs faster than the first time

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Encoding

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The process of putting information into the memory system

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Automatic encoding

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Time, space, frequency and the meaning of words

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Effortful encoding

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Requires attention and conscious effort

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Visual encoding

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Seeing-shallow

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Acoustic encoding

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Hearing – shallow

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Semantic encoding

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Meaning – deep

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Storage

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Creation of a permanent record of encoded information (retain)

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Retrieval

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Calling back stored information on demand when it is needed

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Parallel processing

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Brains ability to make sense of several different incoming stimuli at the same time

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Atkinson - Shiffrin three stage model of memory

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Three different memory systems characterized by time frames

Sensory memory, short-term or working memory, long-term memory

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Sensory memory

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External stimuli from our senses are held just long enough to be perceived
(0-5 seconds)

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Iconic memory

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Sensory input creates a fleeting photographic visual image (less than one second)

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Echoic memory

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1 to 3 seconds auditory recording

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Short term or working memory

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The information we are currently aware of or thinking about (20 seconds)

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George Miller‘s magic 7+/-2

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 Number of items a person can remember and repeat back using short term memory

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Limits of short-term memory

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Distraction - rapid loss
Trying to hold too much information
A demanding task

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Long-term memory

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All memories we hold for periods of time longer than a few seconds

Vast storage capacity

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Retrospective memory

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Any memory from the past

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Prospective memory

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Remembering to do a task in the future

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Explicit or declarative memory (conscious)

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Information you have to consciously work to remember through effortful processing
(Facts, concepts and events)

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Semantic memory

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Memories of facts, concepts, names and other general knowledge

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Episodic memory

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Long term memory that involves recollection of specific events, situations and experiences

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Implicit memory (unconscious)

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Information you unconsciously and effortlessly remember

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Procedural memory

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How to perform specific tasks you don’t have to consciously recall

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Flashbulb memory

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Vivid, detailed memories that people create during times of personal tragedy, accident or emotionally significant world events

(September 11)

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Rosy retrospection

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Working memory tends to delete mundane and or boring, only store interesting into long-term memory

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Context dependent memory

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Easier to recall information in the same environment which it was required

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State dependent memory

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Memories that are triggered or enhanced by current mood

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Memory consolidation

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Process where a brain converts short-term memory into long-term

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Long-term potentiation

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Strengthening of a synaptic connection through repeated neural action (Eric Kandes)

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Storage decay, forgetting curve

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more time goes by the less we remember, 70% of information is forgotten within 24 hours (Herman Ebbinghaus)

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Trace decay theory

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Overtime our memories biologically degenerate

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Amnesia

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Full or partial loss of memory due to injury or trauma

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Retrograde amnesia

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Cannot remember things that happened before the events that caused them

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Anterograde amnesia

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Unable to create new memories after amnesia inducing event

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Serial position effect

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We usually recall the last words or first words in a long list

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Primacy effect

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Better recall of first items from rehearsal

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Recency effect

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Better recall of last items, still in working memory

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Retrieval failure

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Failure to recall a memory due to missing stimuli that were present at the time the memory was encoded

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Motivated forgetting

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Painful or embarrassing events are forced out of mind and harder to retrieve

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Tip of the tongue state

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Feeling a memory is available but not quite retrievable

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Encoding failure

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Occurs when a memory was never formed in the first place

In one ear out the other

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Proactive interference

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Older memories interfere with the retrieval of new memories

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Retroactive interference

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New memories interfere with the retrieval older memories

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Memory reconstruction

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Memory is a cognitive process with errors

We construct memories as we encode, alter them as we withdraw and update memories with reasoning

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Pseudo memories

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False memory that a person believes to be true

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Belief bias

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Biased on which sorces of information we believe in

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Suggestibility

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Trusted sources lead to high levels of suggestibility

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Misinformation effect

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When trusted sources give false information we believe it

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Memory construction

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A real memory but not every detail

55
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The wording effect

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Leading questions can cause us to fill in the blanks correctly

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False memory

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Repeatedly imagining non-fiction events can create memories that are completely false

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Infantile amnesia

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No episodic memories under the age of three because the hippocampus is not fully developed

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Hypnosis

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Heightened state of suggestibility is likely to result in memory construction and false memories

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Eyewitness testimony

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Found unreliable by Elizabeth Loftus

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Distributed practice

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Spacing study material by including breaks between study periods

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Massed cramming

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Memorization and learning into one session

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Spacing effect

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Using smaller increments of study over longer periods of time is more effective for learning and memory retention

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Rehearsal/over learning

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Practice repetition and studying increase long-term potentiation

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The testing affects

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Studying technique that forces you to recall works better than just rereading information

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Retrieval cues

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Reminders associated with information we are trying to get out of memory, eight us in remembering

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Sensory associations

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Sight, sound, smells and taste

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Context effect

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Easier to retrieve memories in the environment they were encoded

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Chunking

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Process of taking pieces of information and grouping them into larger units

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Mnemonic devices

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Encoding strategies used to organize to be learned material in order to make it more meaningful and easier to remember

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Peg word system

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Used for lists, image is visualized which holds the pegs for the information that needs to be recalled

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Memory palace

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Association of words on a list with the visualization of places on a familiar path

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Sleep

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Sleeping after learning something new leads to physical changes in the brain

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Effortful processing

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In order for information to be moved from short-term to long-term memory you need to actively attend to the info

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