Memory Flashcards

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memory

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the persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information

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flashbulb memory

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memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

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information processing model

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  • encoding - memory in
  • storage - retaining memory
  • retrieval - getting it back out
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multi-store model

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memory is processed in three stages
1. sensory memory
2. short-term memory (STM)
3. long-term memory (LTM)

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sensory memory

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very brief; less than a second to several seconds
* iconic memory
* echoic memory

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iconic memory

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momentary photographic memory (ex: circle of light when using firework sparkles)

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echoic memory

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sounds that are remembered for 3-4 seconds

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hepatic memory

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remembering touch for less than 1 second

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short-term memory

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  • about 30 seconds
  • vulnerable to disruptions and interference
  • conscious, active processing takes place
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long-term memory

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  • stored forever
  • must have some importance to the individual
  • must be encoded
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semantic encoding

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using context to involve a deeper level of processing

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automatic processing

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unconscious encoding of indicidental information

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space

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you’ve know where you’ve been

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time

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sequence of events

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frequency

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how many times things have happened

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implicit memories

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memories we retain without conscious effort and awareness; non-declarative

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selective attention

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focusing on something deliberately

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deep processing

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combining elaborative encoding with a meaningful analysis of ideas being learned

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state-dependent memories

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if someone is in a certain state of consciousness when they learn something, they often remember that information better when in the same state of consciousness

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mood dependent memories

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recall better when in the same mood as when we learned the information

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rosy retrospection

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recalling events more positively than we experienced them

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tip of the tongue phenomenon

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knowing something, but not able to say it out loud

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déjà vu

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feels as though you have been presented with this situation before

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primacy effect

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tendency to remember things at the start of the list

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recency effect

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tendency to remember things at the end of the list best

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relearning

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easier if one spent alot of time remembering in the first place

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long term potentiation

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strengthening of synapses that increases neurotransmission

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amygdala

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emotional reactions (emotional memories are harder to forget)

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cerebellum

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procedural memories

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basal ganglia

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in the frontal lobe (play key role in forming and maintaining habits)

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hippocampus

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processing memories and creating cognitive memories

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declarative memories

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encoded in the hippocampus and transferred to the temporal cortex; declare that you know something

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anterograde amnesia

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unable to create new memories

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retrograde amnesia

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unable to remember the past

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infantile amnesia

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not able to remember things from early childhood

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Ebbinghaus

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  • studied nonsense syllables (TUV YOF GEK XOZ)
  • devleoped forgetting curve
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spacing effect

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distributed practice yields better long-term retention than massed practice (ex: studying a little every night as opposed to cramming)

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memory cues

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things that help us remember

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proactive interference

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when an old memory disrupts the learning and remembering of a new memory (ex: new passwords)

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retroactive interference

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when a new memory blocks the retrieval of an old memory (ex: driving an automatic car after driving a manual one)

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repression

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unconsciously pushing a specific memory down

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divided attention

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attend to something without conscious awareness- automatic processing

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effortful processing

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leads to explicit memories, past knowledge that is consciously brought into the brain

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types of long term memory

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  • episodic
  • procedural
  • prospective
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episodic memory

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story of life you can recall and explain

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procedural memory

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how to do things (ex: walking)

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prospective memory

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remembering how to do something (explicit)

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memory span

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what you can remember and repeat back using short term memory

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maintainance rehearsal

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repearing information in order to keep it in short term memory

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chunking

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organizing into meaningful units

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elaborative encoding

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linking information with something we already know

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absent mindedness

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forgetting caused by lapses in attention (ex: forgetting where you parked)

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eidetic memory

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visual images clear enough to be retained for 30 seconds

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suppression

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consciously pushing down a memory

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memory reconstruction

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memory errors are frequent

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misinformation effect

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memories can be embellished or even created by cues and suggestions

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source amnesia

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memory faults that occur when memories are retrieved but are associated with the wrong time, place, or person

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source amnesia

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memory faults that occur when memories are retrieved but are associated with the wrong time, place, or person