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1
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Images “lingering” in sensory memory for a very brief amount of time.

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Iconic memory

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What kind of memory is hearing?

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Echoic

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Sensory Memory is located primarily in which part of the brain?

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pre-frontal cortex

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4
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What mainly causes a memory to stick

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rehearsal

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____ is a mental device that helps you associate pieces of information

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mnemonics

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3 stages of memory

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encoding, storage, retrieval

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encoding is ____

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translating information into neural codes

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encoding failure occurs when ____

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you are distracted/multitasking

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chunking

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tie a bunch of objects together to form one whole object, technically store more in short term this way.

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maintenance rehearsal - shallow processing

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repeat repeat repeat

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elaborative rehearsal - deep processing

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repeat repeat but making connections and meanings at the same time

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which 2 ways is memory studied?

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physiologically and cognitively

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13
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Who “founded” iconic memory

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Sperling (1960)

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what is the “golden number” for how many pieces of information can be stored in short term memory?

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  1. (although 5-9 is accurate as well)
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Which method has better recall ability? Whole Report or Partial Report?

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Partial Report. (it allows people to report back in chunks which is easier)

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A time frame of 1 second ____ capacity of memory and is known as the ____ _____?

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HALVES. Decay Effect (sperling)

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17
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There is a vast amount of information stored in

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Short-Term/Working Memory

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18
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What is the most effective way to remember information?

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Rehearsal/Repetition

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encoding

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Short-term memory input

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What is a schema?

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A way to organize information

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21
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Memory illusion

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False memory, but appears very “true” to our mind

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Reconstructive vs reproductive of our memory?

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Memory is more reconstructive than reproductive

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context-dependant study

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Do the exam where you study for it, fellas. Real psychological tip.

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which part of brain involves memory?

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Hippocampus and amyglada

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retroactive interference

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new memory influences old ones

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What are the 4 types of encoding methods?

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Motor Encoding, Visual Encoding, Semantic Encoding, Phonological Encoding

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chunking

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tie a bunch of objects together to form a one whole project, technically store more in short term this way.

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maintenance rehearsal

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repeat repeat repeat

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elaborative rehearsal

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repeat repeat but making connections and meanings at the same time

30
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primary and recency effect

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First things and last things in the list tend to be remembered longer

31
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multiple connections of different cues and nodes is referred to as a(n) ____ ____

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Associative Network

32
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What is the directional flow of memory into long-term memory?

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Sensory Inputs-Sensory Registers-Short Term Memory (circulates here)-Long Term Memory

33
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To remember a day in your past moment by moment and all the details involved is a form of ____ ____

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Episodic Memory (its like watching an episode of a show, but you’re the main character)

34
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von Restoff effect

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Imagine a list of names, suddenly one looks longer than all the others. We will remember that longer name

35
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what processes certain information and pairs it into the LT memory for retrieval?

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working/short term memory

36
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What stores memory for a long period of time?

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long-term memory

37
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Bat rhymes with Hat can be both a(n) _____ and/or a(n) _____ ____ method

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retrieval cue and phonological coding method.

38
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What is chunking?

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piecing information into meaningful groups from a long list (ex asgjkf = as gj kf)

39
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What is a phonological loop?

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repeating something over and over again aloud

40
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What is an episodic buffer?

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the combination of visual memory, phonological looping and the use of long-term memory recall. It is a temporary storage space. (brings you back to a moment in which you may remember the sounds hears and the sights seen… such as walking through your school cafeteria)

41
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_____ records, stores and retrieves information

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memory

42
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multiple connections of different cues and nodes is referred to as a(n) ____ ____

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Associative Network

43
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explicit memory

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U need some effort to deal with these.

44
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implicit memory

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Not that much effort is needed. I barely think at all when riding my bike

45
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semantic memory

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an explicit subtype. memory abt everyone else and the world

46
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episodic memory

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also explicit. memory abt self

47
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priming

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implicit memory. ur brain automatically suggests the context based on previous similar memory. Think of how CPU works effectively

48
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encoding

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Short-term memory input

49
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an internal or external stimulus that aid in recall is a ___ ____ (often given when something is at the tip-of-your-tongue)

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retrieval cue

50
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To remember a day in your past moment by moment and all the details involved is a form of ____ ____

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Episodic Memory (its like watching an episode of a show, but you’re the main character)

51
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mnemonic

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Some techniques use to remember something.

for example, soh cah toa

52
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Retrieval memory

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RRR. Recall. Recognition. Relearning

53
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tip-of-the-tongue

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Sometimes, I dont think i know English anymore. A memory cue will help just fine

54
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context-dependant study

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Do the exam where you study for it, people. Real psychological tip.

55
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Making lists and taking notes is an example of ____ ____

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effortful processing

56
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When you can recall a section in your notes, where it was on the page and what color the writing was, you experienced ____ _____

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automatic processing (you didn’t consciously remember this information but your brain did and stored it without meaning)

57
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What is structural coding?

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it uses encoding and memorization to associate someones face to their name

58
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Bat rhymes with Hat can be both a(n) _____ and/or a(n) _____ ____ method

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retrieval cue and phonological coding method.

59
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retrograde amnesia

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Who am I? Where am I?

60
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anterograde amnesia

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I know who I am but can’t remember what happened today.

61
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suggestive memory techiques

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Suggest patients to recall memory that might or might not be true

62
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misinformation effect

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providing misleading information abt an event, making the patient thinks that they have the memory

63
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which theory is used when verbal codes and non verbal codes are used to store memory?

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dual-coding theory

64
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when you can vividly recall an image it is known as _____ memory

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flashbulb

65
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students who have a high need for ____ often enter prestigious career paths

A

achievement

66
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____ are feelings that involve a pattern of cognitive, behaviour and physiological reactions to events

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emotions

67
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what emotions have more adaptive functions?

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fear, excitement, joy

68
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the term cognitive ____ refers to inerpretations and meanings that we attach to stimuli

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appraisal

69
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approach-avoidance is being _____?

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attracted to and repelled by the SAME GOAL. Getting a test to get an a but repelling it in fear of failure

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