Module 10: Information Processing Flashcards

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Perception

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The interpretation of the sensory info. we encounter that helps us understand the environment

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Bottom-up Processing

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We begin w/specific features of a stimuli & automatically piece those features together w/out using conscious awareness to experience an entire object

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Top-down Processing

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Conscious use of our prior knowledge, expectations, or context to perceive stimuli

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4
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Attention

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The process of focusing on certain aspects of the environment

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5
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Automatic Processing

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Used for easy/familiar tasks

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6
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Effortful Processing

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Required for difficult/new tasks

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7
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Selective Attention

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The ability to focus on one stimuli and ignore others

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Divided Attention

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The ability to focus on multiple stimuli

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9
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Encoding

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The process by which info./stimuli enter our memory

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10
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Retrieval

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The process by which info. is obtained from memory

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Storage

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The process in which info. is held/kept between encoding & retrieval.

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12
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Sensory Memory

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All the sensory info. experienced before that info. is processed

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13
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Short-term memory

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The structure that temporarily holds info. from sensory memory that we are attending to until the info. is either no longer attended to/moved to long-term memory

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14
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Chunking

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Breaking info. down into smaller pieces to make it easier to remember

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15
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interference

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When new info. from sensory memory comes into short-term memory and interferes w/old info.

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16
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Maintenance rehearsal

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Which involves repeating info. over and over again to keep attention activated.

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17
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Working memory

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The info. we are thinking about/attending to at the moment in short-term memory

18
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Visuospatial sketchpad

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Responsible for briefly processing visual info.

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Phonological Loop

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responsible for briefly processing verbal or auditory info.

20
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Episodic buffer

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responsible for integrating info. from the visuospatial sketchpad and phonological loop

21
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Central executive subsystem

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Oversees flow of info. between the 3 other systems

22
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Long-term memory

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Holds all the info. we have learned or experienced

23
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Dual-coding theory

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we remember info. better if we encode it as both verbal and visual

24
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Network theory

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Info. is encoded in relation to other info.

25
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Spreading activation

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Accessing one concept can lead to activation of other related concepts

26
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Schema theory

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info. contained w/in a script is easier to understand and encode.

27
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Recall

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Being able to remember things without being prompted

28
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Recognition

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Being able to choose the correct answer from a list of choices

29
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Consolidation

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Neural process that strengthens memories over time and can take days, weeks, and months to complete

30
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Episodic memory

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includes info. from your own life.

31
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Semantic memory

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involves info. we have that is not tied directly to our personal experiences

32
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Procedural memory

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info. about how to preform certain tasks

33
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Declarative Knowledge

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Info. about facts

34
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Procedural Knowledge

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Info. about how to perform tasks and skills

35
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Conditional Knowledge

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Info. about what conditions info. or skills can be used under

36
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Acronym

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Creating an abbreviation to help you remember

37
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Chain or rhyme

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Connecting items to be memorized in a jingle

38
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Loci Method

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Imaging a familiar location with items in unusual places

39
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Spelling mnemonics

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Using a word to help remember the spelling

40
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Image mnemonics

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Visualizing a picture to help remember the meaning of a word or phrase