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Module 23 Flashcards

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What is memory?

A

Learning that persists over time

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How many faces does the average person recognize and store?

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5000

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What is recall?

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Retrieving information

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What is recognition?

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Identifying items previously learned

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What is relearning?

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Learning something more quickly when learning it for a second time

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What is encoding?

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Getting information into the brain

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What is storing?

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Retaining information

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What is retrieving?

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Calling back that information later.

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What is parallel processing

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Things being processed simultaneously.

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What is sensory memory?

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The fleeting, initial memory formed

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What is short term memory?

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Information encoded through rehearsal

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What is long term memory?

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Solidified information for long term retrieval

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What is the working memory?

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A newer understanding that adds the conscious aspect to learning

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What are explicit memories?

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The facts and experiences that can explicitly declare

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What is effortful processing?

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Encoding that requires attention and effort

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What are implicit memories?

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Memories that are quickly and effortlessly stored

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What is automatic processing?

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The automatic and effortless encoding that happens without our awareness

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What are the three effortlessly tracked aspects in memory?

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Space, time and frequency

19
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What was Sperlings experiment and what did it demonstrate?

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The 9 letters flashing and testing sensory memory, this demonstrated iconic memory

20
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What is iconic memory?

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A fleeting sensory memory

21
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What is echoic memory?

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The impeccable but fleeting auditory stimuli memory

22
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What is chunking?

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Throwing similar information into a manageable chunk

23
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What is the spacing effect?

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Spaced retention, the idea the spreading apart learning helps solidify

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What is massed practice?

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Cramming information, good for short term memory but not long

25
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What is the testing effect?

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Testing helps learn efficiently

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What is shallow processing?

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Encoding that happens on an elementary level

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What is deep processing?

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Encodes semantically, based on the meaning of the words, the deeper the processing the more retained it is

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