SLS20 Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Memory

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The ability to store and retrieve information over time.

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Encoding

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The process by which we transform what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory.

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Storage

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The process of maintaining information in memory over time

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Retrieval

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The process of bringing to mind information that has been previously encoded and stored

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Elaborative Encoding

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The process of actively relating new information to knowledge that is already in memory.

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Visual Imagery Encoding

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The process of storing new information by converting it into mental pictures

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Organizational encoding

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The process of categorizing information according to the relationships among a series of items

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Sensory Memory

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A type of storage that holds sensory information for a few seconds or less

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iconic memory

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A fast decaying store of visual information

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echoic memory

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A fast decaying store of auditory information

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Rehearsal

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The process of keeping information in short-term memory by mentally repeating it.

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Chunking

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Combining small pieces of information into larger clusters or chunks that are more easily held in short-term memory

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Working memory

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Active maintenance of information in short-term storage

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Long-term memory

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A type of storage that holds information for hours, days, weeks, or years.

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Anterograde Amnesia

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The inability to transfer new information from the short-term store into the long-term store.

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Retrograde amnesia

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The inability to retreive information that was acquired before a particular date, usually the date of an injury or operation

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Consolidation

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The process by which memories become stable in the brain.

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Reconsolidation

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Memories can become vulnerable to disruption when they are recalled, requiring them to become consolidated again

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Long-Term Potential (LTP)

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A process whereby communication across the synapse between neurons strengthens the connection, making further communication easier.

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NMDA receptor

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A receptor site on the hippocampus that influences the flow of information between neurons by controlling the initiation of long-term potential

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Retrieval Cue

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External information that helps bring stored information to mind.

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Encoding specificity principle

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The idea that a retrieval cue can serve as an effective reminder when it helps re-create the specific way in which information was initially encoded

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State-dependent retrieval

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The tendency for information to be better recalled when the person is in the same state during encoding and retrieval

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Transfer-appropriate processing

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The idea that memory is likely to transfer from one situation to another when the encoding context of the situations match.

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Retrieval-induced forgetting
A process by which retrieving an item from long-term memory impairs subsequent recall of related items.
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Explicit Memory
The act of consciously or intentionally retrieving past experiences
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Implicit Memory
The influence of past experiences on later behavior, even without an effort to remember them or an awareness of the recollection.
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Procedural Memory
The gradual acquisition of skills as a result of practice, or "knowing how" to do things
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Priming
An enhanced ability to think of a stimulus, such as a word or object, as a result of a recent exposure to the stimulus.
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Semantic memory
A network of associated facts and concepts that make up our general knowledge of the world.
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Episodic memory
The collection of past personal experiences that occurred at a particular time and place
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transience
Forgetting what occurs with the passage of time
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Retroactive interference
Situations in which information learned later impairs memory for information acquired earlier
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proactive interference
Situations in which information learned earlier impairs memory for information acquired later
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Absentmindedness
A lapse in attention that results in memory failure
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prospective memory
remembering to do things in the future
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blocking
A failure to retrieve information that is available in memory even though you are trying to produce it
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memory misattribution
Assigning a recollection or an idea to the wrong source
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Source memory
Recall of when, where, and how information was acquired
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False recognition
A feeling of familiarity about something that hasn't been encountered before
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Suggestibility
The tendency to incorporate misleading information from external sources into personal recollections
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Bias
The distorting influences of present knowledge, beliefs, and feelings on recollection of previous experiences.
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Persistence
The intrusive recollection of events that we wish we could forget
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Flashbulb memories
Detailed recollections of when and where we heard about shocking events