Memory Flashcards

(35 cards)

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Memory of a specific event

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episodic memory

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Memory that consists of general knowledge

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semantic memory

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Memory that is implied; consists of skills people have learned

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implicit memory

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Memory of an event that has a special meaning; recalled in great detail

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flashbulb memory

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5
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Encoding information by applying meaning

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semantic code

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Encoding information by using sound

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acoustic code

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7
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Encoding information by using pictures

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visual code

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8
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Process by which we recall experiences, information and skills

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memory

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A method of storage that utilizes repetition; repeating over and over to learn something

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maintenance rehearsal

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A method of storage that ties information to other info; requires deeper thought; remember info by tying it to other info (ex: touch/taste activity)

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elaborative rehearsal

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The first stage of the three stage memory approach

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sensory memory

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This is your working memory; it fades after several seconds

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short term memory

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When it is easier to recall initial (first) items in a list

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primacy effect

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When it is easier to recall the last items in a list

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recency effect

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When you organize information in to familiar units to help you remember them more easily (ex: break apart phone number in to manageable units)

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chunking

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16
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the last stage of the three stage memory approach

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long term memory

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When you identify what has been encountered before

18
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When you bring back to your mind information already learned

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When new information interferes with old information

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Mental representations of the world; one way of organizing in long term memory; may influence your reconstruction of a memory

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Type of interference: Recent Interferes (can’t remember old)

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Type of interference: Previous Interferes (can’t remember new)

23
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information in STM is not encoded in LTM

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encoding failure

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memories stored in LTM are momentarily inaccessible (tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon)

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retrieval failure

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type of memory? I know how to drive a car
implicit memory
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type of memory? I know Skinner's Operant Conditioning theories
semantic memory
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type of memory? I know algebraic formulas
semantic memory
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type of memory? I remember my first day of middle school
episodic memory
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type of memory? I know how to skateboard
implicit memory
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type of memory? I remember what I ate for lunch on Saturday
episodic memory
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process by which we maintain encoded information over a period of time
storage
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the three steps of the Information Processing Approach
encoding, storage, retrieval
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the three stages of the Three Stage Memory Approach
sensory, short term, long term
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Memories are dependent on the place where they were encoded and stored
context dependent memory
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when you locate stored information and bring it to conscious thought
retrieval