Quiz6 - memory and attention Flashcards
1
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Focused attention
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Basic response to stimulation
2
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Sustained attention
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Attention maintained over time
3
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Selective attention
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Attention maintained in the presence of competing or distracting stimuli
4
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Alternating attention
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Attention shifting from one stimuli to another
5
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Divided attention
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Attending to more than one activity concurrently
6
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Declarative memory
A
What we know about things.
7
Q
Episodic memory
A
Memory for past events that are specific to a time and a place
8
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Semantic memory
A
Organized knowledge of the world, especially knowledge gained in school
9
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Procedural memory
A
Knowing how to do things
10
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Prospective memory
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“Remembering to remember”
