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Memory Flashcards

1
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information input

A

sensory memory received from the environment

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information can be encoded

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acoustically
visual
semantic

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output

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information we recall that is retrieved

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Ionic memory

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visual information

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5
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Echoic memory

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auditory memory

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Gustatory memory

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taste memory

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olfactory memory

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smell memory

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8
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tactile memory

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touch memory

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9
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modality free

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not linked to any specific type of information

STM is modality free

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10
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decay

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memory fades away with passing time

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displacement

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new information pushes out the old

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12
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decay interference

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new information out writes the old

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13
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retrival failure

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unable to recall information

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14
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schema

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bank of knowledge built on knowledge about an event / person / place that influences how we perceive and remember

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Active reconstruction

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memories are an interpretation of events influenced by our schema

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cognitive interview

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police interview that makes sure that a witness is not actively construing their memory

17
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omissions

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leave out unfamiliar details

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Transformations

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details changed to make something seem more familiar

19
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Familiarization

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change unfamiliar information to make it fit our schema

20
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Rationalisation

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add details to make it rational to our schema

21
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Reductionisim

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analyzing something to its simple explanation

22
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Holism

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considering all factors and that they are interconnected

23
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Anterograde amnesia

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memory condition where LTM cant be made

typically due to brain injury

24
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Retrograde amnesia

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memory condition that effects the ability to recall memories prior to brain damage

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