Memory

Question 1

The ability to recall information

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memory

Question 2

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

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Immediate memory (sensory memory)

Question 3

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

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Short-Term Memory (STM)

Question 4

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

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Long Term Memory (LTM)

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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

Question 6

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

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Iconic Memory

Question 7

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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STM capacity and duration

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7 +/- 2

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Getting Information Out

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Retrieval

Question 10

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

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Recall

Question 11

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

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Recognition

Question 12

activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations of memory.

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priming

Question 13

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

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Context effects memory retrieval

Question 14

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

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Implicit Memory (Procedural Memory)

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2 types of Explicit memories

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Episodic and Semantic memory

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Information never enters the memory system

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Encoding Failure

Question 17

Over time we just forget things

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storage decay

Question 18

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

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Retrieval Failure

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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

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Edward Thorndike, The Psychology of Learning in 1914

Question 22

Learning some items may disrupt retrieval of other information

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Forgetting as Interference

Question 23

disruptive effect of prior learning on recall of new information

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Proactive (forward acting) Interference

Question 24

what does amnesia patients losses

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explicit memory

Question 25

this is when you can’t recall memories from your past.

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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.

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Anterograde amnesia

Question 27

inattention to details produces encoding failure

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Absent Mindedness

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unused information fades

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Transience

Question 29

unable to access stored info….tip of your tongue

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Blocking

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confusing the source of the information.

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Misattribution

Question 31

the lingering effects of misinformation. Ex. Leading questions

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Suggestibility

Question 32

beliefs or colored recollections

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bias

Question 33

unwanted memories won’t go away

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Persistence