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Memory Flashcards

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encoding

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getting information in

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storage

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storing info

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retrieval

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getting the information out (test)

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sensory memory

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short term memory

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working memory

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short term memory, rehearsing something, transitions things into long term memory

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long term memory

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not very reliable

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automatic processing

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info is added in without any effort

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effortful processing

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having to study, effort needed

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rehearsal

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rehearsing things

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chunking

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make chunks of equal value

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hierarchies

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way of making meaning, categorizing things

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priming

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when retrieval cues bring a topic to the front of your memory,even without knowing, which will make it easier to remember

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relearning

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learn things faster after learning it earlier

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recognition

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seeing info that is already there and processing it

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recall

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more effortful process than recognition, need to fill in information without help (ex fill in the blank)

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implicit memories

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memories that are contained in storage, but can’t be explained in words (ms downey being scared of people yelling because of her dad)

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explicit memories

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memory that you can describe/recall

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proactive interference

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old information interferes with new information

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repress

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refuse to remember, but still in memory

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amnesia

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no longer in memory (true forgetting)

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serial positioning effect

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remembering things better or worse depending on their order

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primacy

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remember the beginning of a list better

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memory construction

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memories that are not reliable (hot air balloon experiment)

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misinformation effect

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wrong information is given, alter your memory to fit that information

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rosy retrospection

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tendency to remember things as better than they really were (sugar coating memories)

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source amnesia

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remember the information, nut not where you heard it

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mnemonic

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things to help you remember (ex ROYGBIV)

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flashbulb memory

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something so dramatic happens that you remember it so vividly, but you could also shut it out

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imagery

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using images/drawings to help you remember

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spacing effect

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spacing out your studying to help remember

31
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mood-congruent memory

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emotion triggers memory

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state dependent memory

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a sense triggers memory

33
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retroactive interference

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new information interferes with old information

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