Memory RVS Flashcards

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The process by which we encode, store and retrieve information

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Memory

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The initial, momentary storage of information lasting only an instant

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Sensory memory

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Memory that hold information for 15-25 seconds

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Short-term memory

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

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Long-term memory

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

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Chunk

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The repetition of information that has entered short-term memory

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Rehearsal

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A set of active, temporary memory stores that actively manipulate and rehearse information

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Working memory

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Memory for factual information (IE: names, faces, dates, and the like

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Declarative memory

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

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Procedural memory

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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.

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Semantic memory

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Memory for events that occur in a particular time, place, or context.

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Episodic memory

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Mental representation of clusters of interconnected information

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Semantic networks

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

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Tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon

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Memory task in which specific information must be retrieved

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Recall

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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

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Recognition

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The theory of memory that emphasizes the degree to which new material is mentally analyzed

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Levels-of-processing theory

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Intentional or conscious recollection of information

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Explicit memory

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

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Implicit memory

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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

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

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Flashbulb memories

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Processes in which memories are influenced by the meaning we give to events

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Constructive processes

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Organized bodies of information is interpreted, stored and recalled

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Out recollections of circumstances and episodes from our own lives

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Autobiographical memories

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The loss of information in memory though its nonuse

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The phenomenon by which information in memory disrupts the recall of other information
Interference
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Forgetting that occurs when there are insufficient retrieval cues to rekindle information that is in memory
Cue-dependent forgetting
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Interference in which information learned earlier disrupts the recall of newer material
Proactive interference
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Interference in which there is difficulty in the recall of information learned earlier because of later exposure to different material
Retroactive interference
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An illness characterized in part by severe memory problems
Alzheimer?s disease
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Memory loss that occurs without other mental difficulties
Amnesia
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Amnesia in which memory is lot for occurrences prior to a certain event
Retrograde amnesia
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Amnesia in which memory is lost for events that fallow an injury
Anterograde amnesia
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A disease that afflicts long-term alcoholics, leaving some abilities intact but including hallucinations and tendency to repeat the same story
Korsakoff?s syndrome