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PSYCH: Exam 3 > Memory > Flashcards

Memory Flashcards

1
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Stage theory divides memory into…

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long-term (LT) and short-term (ST).

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2
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Short term memory is referred to as…

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“working memory.”

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3
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The duration of LT memory is…

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relatively permanent.

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4
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The duration of ST memory is…

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seconds to minutes.

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5
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The storage capacity of LT memory is…

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infinite?

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6
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The storage capacity of ST memory is…

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7+/-2 “chunks” (organized packets of information).

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7
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Flow of information in memory?

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Stimulus-STM-Rehearsal-LTM

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8
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The two kinds of rehearsal are…

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maintenance and elaborative.

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9
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maintenance rehearsal

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holds information in STM

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10
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elaborative rehearsal

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moves information to LTM

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11
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primacy effect

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in free recall, the tendency to recall the first items on the list more readily than those in the middle

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Due to the primacy effect, information is recalled from…

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LTM.

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recency effect

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in free recall, the tendency to recall items at the end of the list more readily than those in the middle

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14
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Due to the recency effect, information is recalled from…

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STM.

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15
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To reduce the primacy effect, you could…

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present words faster.

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16
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To reduce recency effect, you could…

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delay 20th word and recall.

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17
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The psychological code of STM is…

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phonological (based on speech sounds).

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18
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The psychological code of LTM is…

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semantic (based on meaning).

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19
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The neural code of STM is…

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dynamic.

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20
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dynamic

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pattern of activity among a group of cells

21
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The neural code of LTM is…

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structural.

22
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structural

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pattern of connections within a group of cells

23
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Trace consolidation occurs during…

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elaborative rehearsal.

24
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trace consolidation

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memory trace changes from a dynamic to structural pattern

25
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amnesia

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interruption of consolidation process

26
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Retrograde amnesia affects memory…

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BEFORE trauma.

27
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Anterograde amnesia affects memory…

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AFTER trauma.

28
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STM forgetting is caused by…

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displacement and/or decay.

29
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LTM forgetting is caused by…

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misplacement and/or retrieval failure.

30
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proactive interference

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old information affects new

31
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retroactive interference

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new information affects old

32
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STM or “working memory” is not just a storage box, but a…

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cognitive workbench.

33
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STM limit on storage capacity is viewed instead as…

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limit on processing capacity.

34
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STM or “working memory” is used in…

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all processing of information (mental calculation, reading, etc)

35
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Deeper (more meaningful) processing leads to…

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better memory.

36
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Depth of processing is connected to…

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notion of elaborative rehearsal.

37
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episodic memory

A

events with time and place

38
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generic/semantic

A

facts, concepts, meanings

39
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explicit memory

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reference to prior learning experience

40
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implicit memory

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no conscious awareness of remembering

41
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declarative memory

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knowing that (mainly explicit); statements using episodic and generic information

42
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procedural memory

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knowing how (mainly implicit); skills (riding a bike)

43
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retrieval

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process of searching for a memory and finding it

44
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retrieval cue

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current stimulus that aids retrieval

45
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Any memory for an item has…

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the item’s context associated with it.

46
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Context (clues) at retrieval should…

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like context at encoding.

47
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Retrieval of generic/semantic memory occurs by…

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search through network of concepts.

48
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Generic/semantic memory is organized according…

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to semantic relatedness (closeness of meaning).

49
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In generic/semantic memory, the activation of one concept spreads to…

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other related concepts.

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