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What is encoding?

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The process by which we get information into our brains.

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What is automatic processing?

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When we try to remember things that we put no effort into remembering.

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What is effortful processing?

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This is when we try to remember things that we put effort into remembering.

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Is material better remembered when we make it less meaningful?

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False.

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What is semantic encoding?

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When we encode words and their meaning.

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What is visual encoding?

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The encoding of images.

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What is acoustic encoding?

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The encoding of sound.

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Which encoding is stored/ processed best?

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Semantic encoding.

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What is storage?

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The creation of a permanent record of information.

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What are the three distinct stages of memory? Give the amount of time they stay.

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  • Sensory memory (only a couple of seconds).
  • Short-term memory (15 seconds, rehearsal moves information from short-term memory to long-term memory)
  • Long-term memory (continuous storage of information)
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What is semantic encoding of memory?

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It is the idea that information is stored in a way that everything is connected in a network. When we access one part of the semantic memory, the others become partially activated.

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What is explicit long-term memory?

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These are things that we constantly try to remember.

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What are the two kinds of explicit long-term memory?

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Episodic memory
Semantic memory

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What is episodic memory? (Explicit LTM)

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Things that we have experienced personally.

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What is semantic memory? (Explicit LTM)

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These are facts and knowledge about the world.

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What is implicit LTM?

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These are long term memories that are not a part of out consciousness.

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What are the three types of implicit LTM?

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  • Procedural
  • Priming
  • Emotional Conditioning
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What is retrieval?

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The act of getting information out of memory and into conscious awareness.

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What is maintenance rehearsal?

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This is the process of repeating information mentally out loud with the intention of keeping it in short term memory.

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What is chunking?

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The process of organizing information into smaller groups.

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What are the steps of retrieving memory?

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  • Encode
  • Stored
  • Retrieved
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What is elaborative encoding?

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A way of processing information which makes it more meaningful. This makes it easier to remember.

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What is the spacing effect?

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Learning is better when it is spread out over a period of time.

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What is context dependent learning?

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The idea that retrieval is better when asked to recall when asked in the same environment where encoding occurred.

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What is state-dependent learning?

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Refers to the increase in retrieval when the the person is in the same psychological or physiological state as when the encoding occurred.

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What is the serial position curve?

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It is the curve that describes that retrieval is better with things that are taught at the beginning (primary effect) and at the end (recency effect).

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What is retroactive interference?

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When learning something new impairs our ability to remember earlier information.

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What is proactive interference?

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When prior information affects our ability to encode new information.

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What are shcemas?

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These are memory categories/ networks.

30
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What is long-term potentaion?

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The strengthening of neural links between neurons to improve memory.

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What is amnesia?

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Amnesia is a neurological disorder that impairs a persons ability to recall information.

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What is retrograde amnesia?

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Inability to recall events that happened before the accident.

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What is anterograde amnesia?

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Inability to transfer information from short term memory to long term memory. Impossible to learn new things. (damage to hippocampus, H.M.)

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What is suggestibility?

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Refers to the effect of misinformation from external sources that affects memory.

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What is the false memory syndrome?

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This is when people create entirely new memories. LOFTUS.

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What is forgetting?

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The loss of information from long-term memory.

37
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What is heuristic?

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A general problem solving network.

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What is an algorithm?

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Step-by-step rules on solving

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What is trial and error?

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This is when we continue trying different methods until one works.

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What is a mental set?

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This is when a person persists on a problem solving method that worked before but clearly wont work now.

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What is confirmation bias?

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A tendency to focus on information that reaffirms current beliefs.

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What is anchoring bias?

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Focusing on one thing while trying to solve a problem.

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What is hindsight bias?

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Believing something is predictable when it wasn’t. (coin example)

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What is representative bias?

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Stereotypes.

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What is availability heuristic?

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When we try to find solutions to a problem using the recent information that we learned that is available to us.

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What is cognitive bias?

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Errors in memory that are caused by inappropriate use of cognitive processes.

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What is source monitoring?

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The ability to correctly identify the source of a memory.

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What is salience?

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When certain stimuli grab our attention so they are more likely to be remembered.

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What is representativeness bias?

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When we make a judgement based on how well the event matches our expectations.

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What is counterfactual thinking?

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This is focusing on what could’ve been. 2nd place silver.

51
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