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1
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Define sensory memory

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Storing an exact copy of information for a few seconds

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2
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Sensory memory is what stage of memory

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First stage

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3
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When and who studies momentary photographic memory

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George Sperling, 1960’s

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4
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Short term memory duration is

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<20 seconds

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5
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Short term memory includes

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Duration and capacity

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6
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What is the Brown-Peterson Technique

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Without active processing, short term memory has a short life

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7
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According to Miller, the capacity of STM is __

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7, -2 +2

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8
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What are the four components of short term memory

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Phonological loop, visuospatial sketchpad, central executive, episodic buffer

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9
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Working memory is

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Part of STM and works like a scratch pad

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10
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Working memory is sensitive to

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Interpretation and interference

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11
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What is the brain in short term memory

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Central Executive

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12
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What is language in short term memory

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Phonological loop

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13
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What is visual semantics in short term memory

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Visuospatial sketchpad

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14
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Episodic buffer =

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Short term episodic memory

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15
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Reorganizing or modifying information in STM

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Recoding

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16
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What are the two information chunks

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Maintenance rehearsal and elaborative rehearsal

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17
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What is serial position effect

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The tendency to recall the first and/or last items in a list

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18
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The ability to recall items near the beginning of a list

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Primary effect

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19
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The ability to recall items near the end of a list

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Recency effect

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20
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Another name for explicit memory

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Declarative

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21
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Another name for implicit memory

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Procedural

22
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Explicit memory specializes in

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Facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare

23
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What part of the brain helps process explicit memories

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Hippocampus

24
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Implicit memory specializes in

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Retention without conscious recollection

25
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What skills are involved in implicit memory

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Motor and cognitive skills

26
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What are the two types of long term memory

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Explicit and implicit

27
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Explicit memory includes what types of memory

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Facts- Semantic
Experiences- Episodic

28
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True or False: Long term memory is limit

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False

29
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Semantic is to ____ as episodic is to ____

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Encyclopedia; novel

30
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What is procedural memory

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How to do something; skill memory

31
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Remembering to preform actions in the future

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Prospective memory

32
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Remembering events in the past or previously learned information

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Retrospective memory

33
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When and who concluded that memories do not reside in specific spots

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Karl Lashley, 1950

34
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When and who lowered body temperature until the brain ceased to work

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Ralph Gerard, 1953

35
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What is long term potentiation

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An increase in synapses firing potential after brief rapid stimulation

36
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What is considered to be a neural basis for learning and memory

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Long term potentiation

37
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What is released when learning occurs

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Serentonin

38
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What are two things that can disrupt memory storage

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Drugs blocking neurotransmitters and physical trauma

39
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Strong ___ make for stronger ___

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Emotion; memories

40
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What are the effects of prolonged stress on memory

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It can corrode neural connection’s shrinking area that is vital for laying down memories

41
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What is amnesia

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The loss of memory

42
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Amnesiacs cannot ___ but they can ___

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Recall; learn

43
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What are the two types of amnesia

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Anterograde and retrograde

44
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The inability to form memories from new information

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Anterograde amnesia

45
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The inability to remember previously stored memories

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Retrograde amnesia

46
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Damage to the left hippocampus will result in

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Having trouble remembering verbal information

47
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Damage to the right hippocampus will result in

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Having trouble recalling visual design and structuring

48
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What structure is critical to implicit memories

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Cerebellum

49
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How does the amygdala effect memories

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Strengthens emotional memories

50
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What is the name for scented memories

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Olfactory

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