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Module 6 Flashcards

1
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Behaviorists tend to define memory as:

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Indication that learning has persisted over time.

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Cognitive and biological psychologists define memory as:

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The ability of the nervous system to retain and retrieve skills and knowledge.

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The information processing model of memory differentiates between…

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Encoding, storage, and retrieval

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The process of encoding involves…

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transforming our sensory and perceptual experience of the world (both conscious and non-conscious) into a form that can be stored in the brain.

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5
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True or False: Memories often change while in storage

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false

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True or False: While information is in storage, you cannot manipulate it

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True

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Over time the information in storage will…

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fade away and our memory for it will become less accurate

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The process of retrieval is can be broken down into what two sub-processes?

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The process of recall
The process of recognition

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9
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Explain the process of recall

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searching through memory for information to be brought back to the forefront of conscious awareness

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Explain the process of recognition

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comparing our current experience to our past experiences that are stored in memory

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Memory is composed of three parts:

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sensory memory, working memory, and long-term memory

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Sensory memory is capable of ____ and _____ but ________ storage

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brief, immense, limited

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Working memory is where you hold information that…

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you want to process right now

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Working memory is responsible for deciding what information from sensory memory we should…

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attend to and process.

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The main functions of WM are to ______ and ________

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encode and retrieve

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16
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The length of storage in long term memory will depend on…

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how well you process information in working memory

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17
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The Serial Position Effect is comprised of two separate effects…

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the primacy effect and the recency effect.

18
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What are the two types of encoding

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automatic encoding and effortful encoding

19
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The focus of elaborative rehearsal is on ______

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understanding.

20
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The focus of maintenance rehearsal is on ________

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remembering.

21
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In maintenance rehearsal, we…

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repeat information that has been presented to us over and over again

22
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in Elaborative rehearsal, we…

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attempt to think more deeply about the material

23
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______ memories are our memories for the events that have happened in our life

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Episodic

24
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_______ memories are your memories of facts, irrespective of when or where you learned those facts

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Semantic

25
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_________ memories correspond to behavioral procedures that we can learn to the point of them being habitual and not requiring conscious reflection to perform.

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procedural

26
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Shallow processing is when we think about information…

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in a very limited way

27
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Deep processing is when we think about information…

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in multiple ways

28
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to ease retrieval, you need to…

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enhance encoding.

29
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ESP stands for…

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The Encoding Specificity Principle

30
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If it wires together,…

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it fires together.

31
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What are the two primary types of amnesia

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anterograde and retrograde

32
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anterograde amnesia results in…

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the impairment in forming new memories

33
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retrograde amnesia results in…

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the inability to retrieve old memories formed prior to the injury or disease

34
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In _________ rehearsal, we repeat information that has been presented to us over and over again

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maintenance

35
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The focus of maintenance rehearsal is on __________.

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remembering

36
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________ rehearsal is when you not only attend to and process information, but instead, you attempt to think more deeply about the material

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Elaborative

37
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The focus of elaborative rehearsal is on ____________.

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understanding

38
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Declarative memories typically…

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take the form of language and therefore can be declared.

39
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What is the difference between explicit and declarative memories

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none, different words for the same thing

40
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Long term memory is divided into…

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implicit and explicit

41
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Explicit memory is divided into…

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episodic and semantic

42
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implicit memory is divided into…

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Procedural memory and classical conditioning

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