Memory Flashcards

1
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The ability to recall information

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memory

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2
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The ability to recall perceived objects within seconds after stimulus has been removed.

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Immediate memory (sensory memory)

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3
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• storage mechanism involves remembering events experienced in the past few days.

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Short-Term Memory (STM)

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4
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Recall the events in the distant past that has received repeated attention.

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Long Term Memory (LTM)

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5
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refers to the initial recording of sensory information in the memory system. (1/2 to 4 sec)

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Sensory memory

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6
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a momentary sensory memory of a visual stimuli. Memory only lasts for a few tenths of a second.

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Iconic Memory

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7
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a momentary sensory memory for auditory stimuli. Sound memories can usually last up to 3 or 4 seconds.

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Echoic Memory

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8
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STM capacity and duration

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7 +/- 2

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9
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Getting Information Out

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Retrieval

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10
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a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier.

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Recall

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11
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a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned. Easier than recall.

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Recognition

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12
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activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations of memory.

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priming

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13
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able to retrieve information better when you are in the same context you learned it in.

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Context effects memory retrieval

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14
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retention of things without conscious recollection. It is a skill memory.

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Implicit Memory (Procedural Memory)

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15
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2 types of Explicit memories

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Episodic and Semantic memory

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16
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Information never enters the memory system

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Encoding Failure

17
Q

Over time we just forget things

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storage decay

18
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Forgetting can result from failure to retrieve information from long-term memory

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Retrieval Failure

19
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Forgetting takes place simply through the passage of time. With the passage of time, the normal metabolic processes in the brain causes decay of the memory.

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Decay Through disuse

20
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This simply states that if a person does not access and use the memory representation they have formed the memory trace will fade or decay over time.

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Decay theory

21
Q

The term “decay theory” was first coined by______. in his book______.

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Edward Thorndike, The Psychology of Learning in 1914

22
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Learning some items may disrupt retrieval of other information

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Forgetting as Interference

23
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disruptive effect of prior learning on recall of new information

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Proactive (forward acting) Interference

24
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what does amnesia patients losses

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explicit memory

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this is when you can't recall memories from your past.
Retrograde Amnesia
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this is when you can't form new memories but can still remember things from before you developed this amnesia.
Anterograde amnesia
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inattention to details produces encoding failure
Absent Mindedness
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unused information fades
Transience
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unable to access stored info....tip of your tongue
Blocking
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confusing the source of the information.
Misattribution
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the lingering effects of misinformation. Ex. Leading questions
Suggestibility
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beliefs or colored recollections
bias
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unwanted memories won't go away
Persistence