Memory

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Memory

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The process by which we encode, store and retrieve information

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<p>Sensory memory</p>

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<p>The initial, momentary storage of information lasting only an instant</p>

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<p>Short-term memory</p>

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<p>Memory that hold information for 15-25 seconds</p>

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<p>Long-term memory</p>

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<p>Memory that stores information on a relatively permanent basis, although it may be difficult to retrieve</p>

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<p>Chunk</p>

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<p>A meaningful grouping of stimuli that can be stored as an unit in short-term memory</p>

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<p>Rehearsal</p>

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<p>The repetition of information that has entered short-term memory</p>

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<p>Working memory</p>

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<p>A set of active, temporary memory stores that actively manipulate and rehearse information</p>

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<p>Declarative memory</p>

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<p>Memory for factual information (IE: names, faces, dates, and the like</p>

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<p>Procedural memory</p>

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<p>Memory for skills and habits such as riding a bike; sometimes referred to as nondeclarative memory</p>

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<p>Semantic memory</p>

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<p>Memory for general knowledge and facts about the world, as well as memory for the riles of logic that are used to deduce other facts.</p>

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<p>Episodic memory</p>

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<p>Memory for events that occur in a particular time, place, or context.</p>

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<p>Semantic networks</p>

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<p>Mental representation of clusters of interconnected information</p>

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<p>Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon</p>

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<p>The inability to recall information that one realizes one knows- a result of the difficulty of retrieving information from long-term memory.</p>

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<p>Recall</p>

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<p>Memory task in which specific information must be retrieved</p>

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<p>Recognition</p>

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<p>Memory task in which individuals are presented with a stimulus and asked whether they have been exposed to it in the past or to identify it from a list of alternatives</p>

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<p>Levels-of-processing theory</p>

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<p>The theory of memory that emphasizes the degree to which new material is mentally analyzed</p>

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<p>Explicit memory</p>

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<p>Intentional or conscious recollection of information</p>

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<p>Implicit memory</p>

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<p>Memories of which people are not consciously aware but that can affect subsequent performance and behavior</p>

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<p>Priming</p>

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<p>A phenomenon in which exposure to a work or concept later makes if easier to recall related information, even when there is no conscious memory of the word or concept</p>

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<p>Flashbulb memories</p>

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<p>Memories centered on a specific, important, or surprising event that are so vivid it is as if the represented a snapshot of the events</p>

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<p>Constructive processes</p>

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<p>Processes in which memories are influenced by the meaning we give to events</p>

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<p>Schemas</p>

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<p>Organized bodies of information is interpreted, stored and recalled</p>

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<p>Autobiographical memories</p>

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<p>Out recollections of circumstances and episodes from our own lives</p>

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<p>Decay</p>

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<p>The loss of information in memory though its nonuse</p>

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<p>Interference</p>

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<p>The phenomenon by which information in memory disrupts the recall of other information</p>

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<p>Cue-dependent forgetting</p>

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<p>Forgetting that occurs when there are insufficient retrieval cues to rekindle information that is in memory</p>

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<p>Proactive interference</p>

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<p>Interference in which information learned earlier disrupts the recall of newer material</p>

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<p>Retroactive interference</p>

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<p>Interference in which there is difficulty in the recall of information learned earlier because of later exposure to different material</p>

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<p>Alzheimer?s disease</p>

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<p>An illness characterized in part by severe memory problems</p>

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<p>Amnesia</p>

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<p>Memory loss that occurs without other mental difficulties</p>

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<p>Retrograde amnesia</p>

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<p>Amnesia in which memory is lot for occurrences prior to a certain event</p>

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<p>Anterograde amnesia</p>

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<p>Amnesia in which memory is lost for events that fallow an injury</p>

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<p>Korsakoff?s syndrome</p>

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<p>A disease that afflicts long-term alcoholics, leaving some abilities intact but including hallucinations and tendency to repeat the same story</p>