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Memory

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An active system that receives info. from the senses and organizes & alters the info. before storing it, and retrieves the info. when we need it.

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Encoding, Storage, Retrieveal

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Components of memory

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Encoding

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Acqusistion of sensory info.

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Maintance over time

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Storage

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Retrieval

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Accessing and using info.

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Remembering info. without help or cues

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Recall Memory

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Recognition Memory

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Ability to match a piece of info. to a stored memory

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PDP

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Parallel Distributed Processing Model

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Brain has several neural connections and different memory processes use these connections at the same timw

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Parallel Distributed Processing Model

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Levels-of-processing Model

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Info. that is more deeply processed will be remembered and is more effeicent and for longer times

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Assumes the processing of info. for memory is through 3 diff. stages.

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Information-processing Model

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Automatic Processing

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Certain kinds of info. enter long term memory without effort

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emotional memory, classical conditoning, operant conditioning, procedural memory

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Implicit Memories

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Formation of Implicit memories

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Automatic Processing

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  1. Info. enters thru. senses
  2. Selective attention filters info. into short term memory
  3. info. stored in long-term memoy
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Information processing model

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Sensory Memory

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The first stage of memory

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Info. enters the nervous system thru. our senses

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Sensory Memory

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Raw info. from the senses is held briefly

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Sensory Memory

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Iconic Memory

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Visual sensory memory that lasts only a fraction of a second

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Everything that can be seen at once

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Capacity

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Duration

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Info. that has just entered iconic memory will be pushed out very quickly by new info.

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Temporary storage

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Short-term memory

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Can hold 7 pieces of info. and 30 seconds of info.

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Short-term memory

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Working Memory

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Processing the info.

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Long-term memory

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Where info. is stored permanently

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Lasts minutes to years and has unlimited capacity

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Long-term memory

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Elaborative Rehersal

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Make info. meaningful to make transfer from short-term to long-term easier.

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Nondeclarative Memory

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Skills, procedures, habits, and conditioned responses

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Unconscious memory that impacts conscious behavior

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Nondeclarative Memory`

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Emotional associations, habits, simple conditoned reflexes

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Nondeclarative Memory

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Declarative Memory

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Info. that is concise and known.

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Semantic Memory

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Memory for facts and info.

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Episodic Memory

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Memory for specific, personal events

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Working memory, attention, inhibition

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Prefrontal cortex

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Encoding and storage of explicit long-term memory

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Hippocampus

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Forms and stores conditioned responses

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Cerebellum

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Fear condtioning

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Amygdala

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Reward based conditioning

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Nucleus accumbens

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Retrieval Cues

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Help us retrieve info.

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Context-dependent Cues

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Surroundings and external factors

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State-dependent cues

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internal factors related to the individual

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Physical environment can serve as cue

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Context Dependent Memory

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Our memory are better when we are in a single present state or mental state

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State-dependent memory

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Arousal, health, mood

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State-dependent memory

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Serial postitioning effect

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You are most likely to recall the first and last parts of a list

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Primary effect

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First items

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Recency effects

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Last items

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Chunking

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Combining bits of info. into smaller more meaningful units

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Connecting info. to exisisting memory strengths

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Mnemonic Devices

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