Process of Forgetting and Remembering Flashcards

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Forgetting

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Inability to retrieve stored memories / information

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Retrieval Failure

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Inability to consciously recall information in the long-term store due to absence of retrieval cues (mental reminders we deliberately or implicitly create to assist in recollection later on)

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Interference

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Information in long-term store cannot be retrieved due to it being disrupted by similar information

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Proactive Interference

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Previously stored information interferes with new learning

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Retroactive Interference

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New learning interferes with recollection of previously stored information

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Motivated Forgetting

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Intentional or unintentional suppression of memories from conscious awareness to relieve emotional distress

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Decay Theory

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Memories fade over time

Rehearsal counteracts decay

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Remembering

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Ability to retrieve stored information

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Recall

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Retrieval of information from LTM without prompts or cues

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Free Recall

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Retrieval of as much info about a topic as possible in no set order

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Serial Recall

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Retrieval of info in a set order

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Cued Recall

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Provided retrieval cues help with recollection of memory

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Recognition

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Retrieval of correct info from list of alternatives

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Relearning

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Learning info again that has previously been learned

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Shallow Processing

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Encodes physical info based on:

  • Appearance (Structural)
  • Sound (Phonemic)
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Deep Processing

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Encodes info semantically by attaching meaning

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Craik and Tulving (1975) Procedure

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Craik and Tulving (1975) Key Findings

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Craik and Tulving (1975) Limitations

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Maintenance Rehearsal

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Elaborative Rehearsal

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Role of Repetition (Ebbinghaus Curve)

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