Memory Flashcards

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encoding

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shallow, repetition structured

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information processing

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encoding: input
Storage: keep it
retrieval: access it

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phonemic

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listens to what a word sounds like

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Semantic

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meaning of a verbal input

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sensory memory

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2 to 3 seconds: visual and auditory memory

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short term memory

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holds up to seven items for 20 to 30 seconds

Chunking is the process of organizing thoughts and remembering more than seven things

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long term memory

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unlimited or permanent

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semantic and episodic memory

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semantic: gen. knowledge
episodic: Gen. experiences

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explicit memory versus implicit memory

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explicit: memory with conscious recall
implicit: memory with recall

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procedural memory

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memory with motor actions

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flashbulb memories

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clear random memories

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retrospective versus prospective memory

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retrospective: Remembering what you are doing
perspective: remembering what you need to do

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long-term potentiation

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exercise in the brain to not forget old things and learn new things

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retrieval cues

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memory key is to help you remember things

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recall

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Remembering just from memory

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recognition

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identifying the right memory cue

ex: identifying the correct multiple-choice answer on a test

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serial position effect

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remembers the first and last things learned

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Loftus reconstructive memory

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how question is worded changes the answer (misinformation effect)
(car crash scene)

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source amnesia

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remembering the information but not where came from

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One – Decay

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memory fades because it is not used overtime

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Two- repression

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traumatic memory buried into the unconscious

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three – retrieval failure

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not enough retrieval cues to remember the memory

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four- encoding failure

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never remembered the information from the learning

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five- interference theory

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proactive: remember old
retroactive: remember new
PORN

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six – amnesia

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retro grade – not remember information before an accident

Anterograde– Not remember information after accident

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seven – ebbinghouse

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forgetting curve – 50% 65%… Etc. forgets information if if not learned repetitively

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over learning

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studied information beyond mastery

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metanomy

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knowing how the memory works improves one’s memory

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Space practice

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Space between learning repetitions alters memory