PSY CHP.8 Flashcards

1
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Those we consciously try to recall

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Explicit memory

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2
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Those we act on without conscious awareness

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Implicit memory

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3
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Blank
-Memories of common procedures
-Most accessed blank
-Highly robust to amnesia

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Procedural/implicitly

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4
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Blank-stores facts and general information

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Declarative

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5
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Blank memory- autobiographical memory of things that we have personally experienced

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Episodic

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6
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Blank memory- memory of general knowledge

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Semantic

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7
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Memory is blank-dependent and more connections=blank memory

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Cue-dependent/Stronger

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8
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Blank encoding involves connecting the new memory to more existent memories

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Elaborative

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9
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Retrieval is enhanced by activating as many connected nodes as possible. What effect is this?

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Tip of the tongue effect

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10
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Regarding improving remembering, use blank rehearsal instead of blank rehearsal

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elaborative/rote

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11
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Memory is blank dependent more connections=stronger memory

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cue dependent

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12
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To improve remembering use blank rehearsal instead of blank rehearsal

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elaborative/rote

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13
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Blank memories are highly rich, highly detailed memories of a significant moment in your life

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Flashbullb

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14
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When attended to, sensory memories enter blank memory aka blank memory

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short term/working

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15
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More likely to remember stuff at beginning or end of list

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serial-position effect

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16
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Blank rehearsal can transfer info rom STM to long term memory

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Elaborative

17
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Blank encoding involves connecting the new memory to more existent memories

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Elaborative

18
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Use blank rehearsal instead of blank rehearsal

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elaborative/rote

19
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We store memories within blank, or scripts

20
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Blank showed all participants footage of the same car wreck, then asked How fast were the cars going when they _____ each other?

21
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Blank-inability to learn new memories (more common form)

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anterograde

22
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blank-inability to recall old memories (less common form)

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retrograde

23
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Blank interference
recently learned material interferes with the ability to remember similar older material

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Retroactive

24
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Blank interference
older material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently learned material

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Blank-dependent forgetting memories still exist, but you lack the cues to activate tem in the conceptual network
Cue
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Blank of memories As in eyewitness testimony, new or distorted information replaces accurate information
Replacement
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Blank theory -memory decay over time -However, time by itself is not a factor
Decay
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How to improve eyewitness testimony? Use blank blind procedure for lineups
double
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effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to creation of false memories
suggestibility
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physical trace of memory
engram
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memory error in which you confuse the source of your information
misattribution
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memory aids that help organize information for encoding
mnemonic device
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effects of misinformation from external sources that leads to the creation of false memories
suggestibility
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formulation of new memories
construction
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exceptionally clear recollection of an important event
flashbulb memory
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lapses in memory that are caused by breaks in attention or our focus being somewhere else.