Memory Flashcards

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Encoding

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the process of transforming what we perceive, think, or feel into memory

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Acoustic Processing

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-middle level processing
-e.g. Does the word “cat” rhyme with “mat?”

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Semantic Processing

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-has to do with word meaning
-deep level processing
e.g. Is the word “daffodil” a type of plant?

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Physical processing

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-making a note of the physical structure of the word
-pertains to the physical properties
-shallow processing
-e.g. Is the word “TABLE” written in capital letters?

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Mnemonics

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strategies for remembering large amounts of information

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Storage

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information is held in a way that allows it to be retrieved later

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Sensory memory

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accurately holds perceptual information for a very brief amount of time

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What are the two types of sensory memory?

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  1. Iconic memory
  2. Echoic memory
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Iconic Memory

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visual memory that holds information for less than 1 second

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Echoic Memory

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auditory memory that holds information for 3-4 seconds

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Short Term Memory (stm)

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the space used to hold information presently required

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Capacity of STM

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-7 +/- 2 chunks of information
-15-30 seconds
-rehearsal/repetition keeps info in stm longer

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Working Memory

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manipulation of information for whatever tasks you’re doing

*you are USING this information whereas short term memory is imply STORAGE

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Digital Span Task

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how many numbers you can hold in your memory

*phonological loop

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corsi task

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click on the screen to repeat the pattern that colors were displayed (like BopIt)

*visuospatial sketchpad

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Long Term Memory (LTM)

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memory that persists over time w/o conscious activation

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Primacy Effect

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better at remembering the first few words in the list (driven by long-term memory)

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Recency Effect

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better at remembering the words at the end of the list (driven by short-term memory)

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2 Types of Long Term Memory

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  1. Explicit Memory
  2. Implicit Memory
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Explicit Memory

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knowing “what”
-expressed verbally
e.g. knowing what you had for lunch

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Implicit Memory

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knowing “how”
-expressed behaviorally
e.g. how to tie your shoe

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2 Types of Explicit Memory

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  1. Episodic
  2. Semantic
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Episodic Memory

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time and place memories
-personal experience

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Semantic Memory

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facts and general knowledge that you don’t remember when you learned

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Prospective Memory
you envision future events
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3 Types of Implicit Memory
1. Procedural 2. Priming 3. Conditioning
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Case Study: Patient HM
-anterograde amnesia after hippocampus was removed -CAN create new implicit memories but CAN'T create new explicit memories -performance improved on a mirror tracing task even though he didn't remember doing it before
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Case Study: Patient KC
-retrograde and anterograde amnesia -old semantic memories in tact but not episodic
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Encoding Specificity Principle
memory is improved when info available at encoding is also available at retrieval
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Proactive Interference
old learning gets in the way of new learning e.g. having an old phone # makes it difficult to learn a new #
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Retroactive Interference
new learning gets in the way of old e.g. new # makes it difficult to recall childhood phone # *retroactive is writing over old info
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Blocking
failing to recall something, even though you know it
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What did the Loftus et. al study show?
*recall video of car driving and the stop sign -showed that misinformation can lead someone to remember something differently -also showed that language can change how someone views an event (e.g. "smashed " vs "contacted" the car)
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What type of processing is best for memory?
Semantic processing
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Phonological Loop
-the place in your working memory in which you rehearse auditory information -repeating information to keep it in your working memory (e.g. repeating a phone number) -other auditory information can interfere (e.g. someone talking in lecture)
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Episodic Buffer
takes information from the phonological loop in the visuospatial sketchpad *can go back and forth between the two
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Visuospatial sketchpad
-picturing something in order to recall information e.g. windows on your apartment building, double digit multiplication *can work simultaneously with the phonological loop, evidence that this information is stored separately
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Baddeley & Hitch Model
-a model for our working memory
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Central Executive
allocates your attentional resources to the different places within working memory
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Deese-Roediger-McDermott Paradigm
creates false memories in people by presenting them with a list of words that are similar - participants will often recall a word that was not on the list but is related in topic (this is the critical lure word)
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According to the Atkinson & Shiffrin model what are the three memory stores?
-Sensory memory (iconic and echoic) -STM -LTM