memory

Question 1

encoding

Answer 1

the process of putting information into a form that the memory system can accept and use

Question 2

auditory memnory

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mental representations of stimuli as sound

Question 3

visual memory

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mental representations of stimuli as pictures

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semantic memory

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memory for generalized knowledge about the world

Question 5

storage

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the process of maintaining information in the memory system over time

Question 6

retrieval

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the process of finding information stored in memory

Question 7

recall

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retrieving information stored in memory without much help from retrieval clues

Question 8

recognition

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retrieving information stored in memory with the help of retrieval clues

Question 9

episodic memory

Answer 9

memory for events in one’s own past

Question 10

procedural memory

Answer 10

a type of memory containing information about how to do things

Question 11

explicit memory

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information retrieved through a conscious effort to remember something

Question 12

implicit memory

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the unintentional recollection and influence of prior experiences

Question 13

levels-of-processing model of memory

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a model that suggests that memory depends on the degree or depth to which we mentally process information

Question 14

maintenance rehearsal

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a memorization method that involves repeating information over and over to keep it in memory

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elaborative rehearsal

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a memorization method that relates new information to information already stored in memory

Question 16

transfer-appropiate processing model of memory

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a model that suggests that memory depends on how the encoding process matches up with what is later retrieved

Question 17

neural network models of memory

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memory models in which new experiences are seen as changing one’s overall knowledge base

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multiple memory systems model

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a model that suggests the existence of specialized and separeted memory systems in the brain

Question 19

information-processing model of memory

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a model that suggests that infromation must pass through sensory memory, short term memory, and long term memory in order to become firmly embedded in memory

Question 20

sensory memory

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a type of memory that is very brief but lasts long enough to connect one impression to the next

Question 21

sensory registers

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memory systems that briefly hold incoming information

Question 22

iconic memory

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the sensory register for visual information

Question 23

selective attention

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the process of focusing mental resources on only part of the stimulus field

Question 24

short-term memory

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a stage of memory in which information normally lasts less than twenty seconds; a component of working memory

Question 25

working memory

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memory that allows us to mentally work with, or manipulate, information being held in short-term memory

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immediate memory span

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the maximum number of items a person can recall perfectly after one presentattion of the items

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chunking

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organizing individual stimuli so that they will be perceived as larger units of meaninful information

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Brown-Peterson distractor technique

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a method for determining how long unrehearsed information reman in short-term memory

Question 29

long-term memory

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the stage of memory that reseacheres believe has an unlimited capacity to store new information

Question 30

primary effect

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a characteristic of memory in which recall is particularly good the first two of three items in a list

Question 31

recency effect

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a characteristic of memory in which recall is particularly good for the last few items in a list

Question 32

retrieval cues

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stimuli that allow or help people to recall information

Question 33

encoding specificity principle

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a principle stating that the ability of a cue to aid retrieval depends on how well it taps into information that was orginally encoded

Question 34

context-specific memory

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memories that are helped or hindered by similarities or differences between the contexts in which they are learned and recalled

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state-dependent memory

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memory that is helped or hindered by similarities or differences in a person’s internal state during learning versus recall

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spreading activation

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in semantic network theories of memory, a principle that explains how information is retrieved

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schemas

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mental representations of categories of objects, places, events and people

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relearning method

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a method for measuring forgetting

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decay theory

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a description of forgetting as the gradual disappearance of information from memory

Question 40

interference

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the process through which storage or retrieval of information is impaired by the presence of other information

Question 41

retroactive inhibition

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a cause of forgetting whereby new information places in memory interferes with the ability to recall information already in memory

Question 42

proactive inhibition

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a cause of forgetting whereby previously learned information interferes with the ability to remember new information

Question 43

repressed memory

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a painful memory that is said to be kept out of consciousness by psychological processes

Question 44

anterograde amnesia

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a loss of memory for events that occur after a brain injury

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retrograde amnesia

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a loss of memory for events that occurred prior to a brain injury

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mnemonic strategies

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methods for organizing information in order to remember it

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distributed practice

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learning new information in many study sessions that are spaced across time

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massed practice

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trying to learn complex new information in a single long study period