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Mods 31-36 Flashcards

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memory

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the persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage and retrieval of information

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recall

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a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test

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recognition

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a measure of memore in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as a multiple-choice test

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Hermann Ebbinghaus

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the first person to study memory scientifically and systematically; used nonsense syllables and recorded how many times he had to study a list to remember it well

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frontal lobe

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houses short term memories: semantic and episodic

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hippocampus

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a neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage

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cerebellum (memory)

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forms and stores implicit memories (classical conditioning)

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basal ganglia and memory

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procedural memory

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amygdala (memory)

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boosts activity in memory-forming areas to fight/flight

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long-term potentiation (LTP)

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an increase in a synapse’s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation; believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory

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flashbulb memory

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a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

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semantic memory

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a network of associated facts and concepts that make up our general knowledge of the world

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episodic memory

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the collection of past personal experiences that occured at a particular time and place

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priming

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the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory

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echoic memory

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a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere, sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds

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iconic memory

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a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second

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anterograde amnesia

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an inability to form new memories

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retrograde amnesia

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the inability to retrieve information from one’s past

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Elizabeth Loftus

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her research on memory construction and the misinformation effect created doubts about the accuracy of eyewitness testimony

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concepts

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a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people

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creativity

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the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas

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grammar

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in a language, a system of rules that enables us to communicate with and understand others

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language

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our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning

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receptive language

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ability to understand what is being said

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aphasia

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impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage whether to broca’s area (impairing speaking) or to wernicke’s area (impairing understanding)

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critical period

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a specific time in development when certain skills or abilities are most easily learned

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Noam Chomsky

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theorist who believed that humans have an inborn or “native” propensity to develop language

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sensory memory

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the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system

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short term memory (working memory)

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the memory system in which information is held for a brief periods of time while being used

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long-term momory

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the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system; includes knowledge, skills, and experiences

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relearning

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a measure a memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time

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explicit memory

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memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and “declare”

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automatic memory

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unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings

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effortful momory

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encoding that requires attention and conscious effort

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parallel processing

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the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain’s natural mode of information processing for many functions, including vision; contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving

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encoding, storage, and retrieval

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a memory model which suggests that memory is formed through three processes: encoding, storage, and retrieval

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context dependent memory

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the theory that information learned in a particular situation or place is better remembered when in that same situation or place

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state-dependent memory

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the theory that information learned in a particular state of mind (e.g., depressed, happy, somber) is more easily recalled when in that same state of mind

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mood congruence

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the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current good or bad mood

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serial position effect

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our tendency to recall best the last and first item in a list

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reconsolidation

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neural processes involved when memories are recalled and then stored again for later retrieval

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misinformation effect

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incorporating misleading information into one’s memory of an event

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source amnesia

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attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined

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components of creativity

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  1. expertise
  2. imaginative thinking skills
  3. a venturesome personality
  4. intrinsic motivation
  5. a creative environment
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divergent thinking

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expands the number of possible problem solutions (creative thinking that diverges in different directions)

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convergent thinking

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narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution

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algorithmic thinking

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the process of solving problems using a series of steps

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heuristics

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mental rules of thumb that subjects develop to help make sense of the world around them

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mental set

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a tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a way that has been successful in the past

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confirmation bias

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a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

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fixation

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the inability to see a problem from a new perspective, by employing a different mental set

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representative heuristic

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occurs when we estimate the probability of an even based on how similar it is to a known situation

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availability heuristic

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estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory; if instances come readily to mind (perhaps because of their vividness), we presume such events are common

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framing

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the way an issue is posed; how an issue is framed can significantly affect decisions and judgements

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belief perseverance

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clinging to one’s initial conceptions after the basis on which they were formed has been discredited

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