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Modules 16-24 Flashcards

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1
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Pupil

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A hole in the eye

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Lense

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Changes and bends light

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Retina

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Receptor cell

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Fovea

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Central points of focus

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Optic nerve

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Carries nerve signals to brain

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Iris

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A muscle that lets in light

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Cornea

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Protects the eye and bends light

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Blind spot

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Where the optic nerve begins to twist and creates a blank

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Sensation

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Sensory receptors and nervous system receive stimuli

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Sensory receptors

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Nerve endings that respond to stimuli

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Perception

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Organizing sensory information and giving it meaning

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Bottom up processing

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Starts at the sensory receptors and works up to higher processing

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Top down processing

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Constructs perceptions based on previous experiences

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14
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Transduction

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Converting one form of energy to another

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Absolute threshold

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The minimum stimulus energy needed to detect a particular stimuli 50% of the time

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16
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Signal detection theory

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When we detect a faint stimuli amid other stimulation

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Difference threshold

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The minimum difference between 2 stimuli required for detection 50% of the time (just noticeable difference)

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Weber’s law

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To be perceived as different 2 stimuli must be differing at a constant minimum percent

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Sensory adaption

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Reminisced sensitivity as a consequence of constant stimuli

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20
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Schema

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Forming concepts through experience

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21
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Psychophysics

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The study of the relation between physical stimuli and psychology

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Wave length

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The distance between one wave peak to another

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Amplitude

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Waves height determined by its intensity

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Rods

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Secrecy black white and grey and are sensitive to movement

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Cones

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Concentrated at retina, used in daylight and detect color

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Trichromatic theory

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We have 3 color receptor cones

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Parallel processing

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Processing many stimuli at once

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Gestalt

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An organized whole

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29
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Figure

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The main focus

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Ground

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The background or surrounding

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Depth perception

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The ability to see 2d objects in 3D

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32
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Binocular cues

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A depth cue that uses both eyes

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33
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Monocular cues

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Depth cues that use one eye

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34
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Retinal disparity

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A cue for perceiving depth

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35
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Perceptual constancy

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Perceiving objects as unchanging even as light images change

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36
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Color constancy

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Perception of persistent color

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37
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Size constancy

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Perceiving objects as unchanging in side despite their distance

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38
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Short wave length

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High frequency and pitch

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Long wavelength

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Low frequency and pitch

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40
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Basilar membrane

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A fluid pod with hairs

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41
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Middle ear

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Contains the 3 bones the that vibrate in the cochlea

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42
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Cochlea

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Coiled fluid filled tube

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43
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Inner ear

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Contains cochlea semicircular canal and vestibule sac

44
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Sensioneural hearing loss

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Damage to the cochlea receptor cells and nerves

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Conduction hearing loss

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Damage to the mechanical systems of the ear

46
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Nocicepters

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Sensory receptors that detect pain, temperature, and pressure

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Olfaction

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Sense of smell

48
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Vestibular sense

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Sense of balance

49
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Synthetesia

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Combining 2 senses

50
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Parapsychology

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Paranormal phenomena

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Learning

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The process of acquiring through experience

52
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associative learning

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Learning by linking 2 or more events

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Respondent behavior

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Automatic response

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Operant behavior

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Operate on environment and produce a consequence

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Cognitive learning

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Acquisition of mental info by observing events or watching others

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Classical conditioning

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Learning by linking 2 or more stimuli

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Neutral stimuli

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A stimuli that elicits not response before conditioning

58
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Unconditioned response

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An unlearned natural response to unconditioned stimuli

59
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Unconditioned stimulus

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A condition that would not normally trigger an unconditioned response

60
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Conditioned response

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A learned response to previously neutral stimulus

61
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Conditioned stimulus

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Originally neutral stimulus that after association triggers a conditioned response

62
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Acquisition

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The initial stage when when one links a neutral stimuli and unconditioned stimuli and they become conditioned

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law of effect

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Favorable behaviors followed by positive consequences are more likey

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Reinforcer

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Anything that strengthens a behavior

65
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Shaping

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Using reinforcers to guide behavior

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Positive reinforcer

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presenting something after a response to strengthen a behavior

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Negative reinforcer

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increases behavior by stopping or reducing stimuli

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continuous reinforcement

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reinforcement for every desired response

69
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fixed ratio schedule

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enforcement to a response after a certain number of responses

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variable ratio schedule

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reinforcement to a response after an unpredictable number of responses

71
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fixed variable ratio schedule

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Reinforcing a response randomly

72
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Variable Interval ratio schedule

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reinforcing a response at a random time

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Punishment

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event that decreases the behavior that follows

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Positive

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adding any stimuli

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negative

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removing any stimuli

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Observational learning

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learning associations from experience or observation

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cognitive map

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Mental representation of the layout of an enviorment

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Latent Learning

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learning that is not apparent until it is needed or rewarded

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recall

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retrieving information (fill in the blank)

80
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Recognition

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identifying information (multiple choice)

81
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relearning

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learning quicker after time (final exam)

82
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encoding

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getting information into the brain

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storage

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retaining the information

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retrieval

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Getting information back from long term

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parallel processing

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Processing many stimuli at once

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Sensory memory

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immediate brief recording of senses

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short term memory

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holds a few items for a brief amount of time

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long term memory

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limitless and permanent memory storage

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explicit memory

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retention of facts and experiences we know

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implicit memory

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retention of memory without conscious attention

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operant conditioning

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behavior that operates on the environment producing reward or punishment

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Operant conditioning formula

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  1. identify the target behavior
  2. is that behavior increased, decreased, strengthened, or weakened
  3. Was something added or removed
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semantic

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explicit memory of facts

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episodic

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explicit memory of personal experience

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memory consilidation

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storage of a longterm memory

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flashbulb memory

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a very clear and emotional memory

97
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long-term potentiation

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an increased firing potential of a cell after repeated use

98
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encoding types

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  1. visual
  2. organizational
  3. meaning
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anterograde amnesia

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the inability to form new memories

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retrograde amnesia

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the inability to retrieve information from the past

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retroactive interference

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old info effecting the recall of new

102
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proactive interference

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new info effecting the recall of old

103
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reconciliation

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altering memories when we recall them

104
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priming

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connecting something in your memory and linking it to the enviorment

105
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memory reconstruction

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filtering and altering information to fill in missing gaps

106
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source amnesia

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when a memory of something is told to you by someone else you begin to believe it

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