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1
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What is procedural memory used for?

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Remembering automatic skills

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2
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Define encoding

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gettting info into brain

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3
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Define implicit memory

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retention that doesn’t require conscious recollection

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4
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define iconic memory

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a fleeting sensory memory of a visual stimuli

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define echoic memory

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fleeting sensory memory of auditory stimuli

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define chunking

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organizing items into sensible units

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7
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define spacing

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studying evenly for max retention

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8
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testing effect

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enhancing memory by retieving not just reading material

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shallow processing

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encoding based on the structure of words

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deep processing

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encoding based on the meaning of the words

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11
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what am I? a neural center located in the limbic system: helps process explicit memories for storage

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hippocampus

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12
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deep brain structure involved with motor movement

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basal ganglia

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13
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responsible for emotion related memory

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amygdala

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14
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what is the increased efficiency of neural firing after brief, rapid stimulation known as?

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long term potentiation

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what are the three ways that retention is measured

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recall, recognition, and relearning

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16
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what is priming?

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The awakening of associations

17
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mood congruent memory

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recalling experiences that are consistent with your current mood

18
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define serial position effect

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tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list

19
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anterograde amnesia

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inability to form new memories

20
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retrograde amnesia

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inability to retrieve info from the past

21
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proactive interference

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disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new info

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retroactive interference

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disruption of new learning on the recall of old info

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