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1
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Flashbulb memory

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clear and emotional memory

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2
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semantic memory

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Jeopardy like

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3
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procedural memory

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how to do something

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4
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eidetic memory

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photographic

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5
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iconic memory

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visual stimuli

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echoic memory

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sensory stimuli

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7
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explicit memory

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put in effort to remember

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8
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parallel processing

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processing multiple things at once

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9
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automatic processing

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unconscious processing

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10
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shallow processing

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encoding the structure but not the meaning of something

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semantic encoding

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the meaning of something

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12
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spacing effect

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studying over several days is better for long term memory

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13
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next in line effect

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cant remember what someone just said when a person is speaking

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14
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serial position effect

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remembering the first and last items on a list

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15
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primacy effect

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things at the begging of a list are easier to remember

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16
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recency effect

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things at the bottom of a list are better remembered

17
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Rosy retrospection

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remembering the high point of an event

18
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mnemonics

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memory aids

19
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method of loki

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placing things to remember at a location

20
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link method

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forming a mental image relating to something in order to remember

21
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hierarchies

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broad groups divided into smaller concepts

22
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chunking

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putting information into manageable units

23
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retrograde memory

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unable to remember past memories

24
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anterograde memory

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unable to form new memories

25
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proactive interference

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disruption from new information

26
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retroactive interference

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disruption in recalling old information

27
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transience

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storage decay over time

28
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blocking

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cannot retrieve stored information

29
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misattribution

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confusing the source of information

30
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metacognition

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thinking about thinking

31
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means-end analysis

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breaking down a problem

32
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anchoring effect

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influenced by a reference point

33
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phonemes

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smallest units of sound

34
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morphemes

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smallest units of meaning

35
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Linguistic determinism

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thinking effects our language

36
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flynn effect

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intelligence scores have gone up over the years

37
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Terman’s study

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tracked the lives of gifted children

38
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Crystallized intelligence

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based on life experiences