☆ Theoretical Approaches (20) ― Memory

Question 1

Memory Disorders

no memories of his own illness

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Anosognosia

Question 2

Memory Disorders

filling in memory gaps with imaginary experiences

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Confabulation

Question 3

Memory Disorders

cannot identify or recognize time, places, and persons

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Disorientation

Question 3

Memory Disorders

unfamiliar perceived as familiar

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Deja Vu

Question 4

Memory Disorders

familiar perceived as unfamiliar

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Jamais Vu

Question 5

Memory Disorders

increased memory

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Hypermnesia

Question 6

Memory Disorders

false or perverted memory

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Paramnesia

Question 7

Memory Disorders

loss of memory

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Amnesia

Question 8

Types of Amnesia

caused by brain damage or disease

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Biogenic

Question 9

Biogenic Amnesia

inability to retrieve information that was acquired before brain damage or disease (remote memory loss)

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Retrograde Amnesia

Question 10

Biogenic Amnesia

inability to transfer new information from the short-term store to longterm store (recent memory loss)

can’t form new memories after brain damage or disease

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Anterograde Amnesia

Question 11

Types of Amnesia

caused by psychological trauma, repressed memories

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Psychogenic or Dissociative or Functional

Question 12

Psychogenic or Dissociative or Functional

origin is rare psychological disorder and spontaneous recovery from amnesia in a comparatively short period of time

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Generalized Amnesia

Question 13

Psychogenic or Dissociative or Functional

no memory of specific events

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Localized Amnesia

Question 14

Psychogenic or Dissociative or Functional

can only recall only small parts of the events

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Selective Amnesia

Question 15

Psychogenic or Dissociative or Functional

result of severely stressful event, as part of PTSD

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Situation-Specific Amnesia

Question 16

Psychogenic or Dissociative or Functional

cannot recall both past and present; total memory loss

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Global Amnesia

Question 17

the process by which we encode, store, and retrieve information

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Memory

Question 18

Types of Memories

factual information

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Declarative

Question 19

Types of Memories

skills and habits

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Procedural

Question 20

Types of Memories

general knowledge and facts, logic

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Semantic

Question 21

Types of Memories

events that occur in a particular time, place, or context

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Episodic

Question 22

information must travel if it is to be remembered

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Three-System Approach to Memory

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Three-System Approach to Memory

initial storage of information, perceived by the senses

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Sensory

Question 24

# Three-System Approach to Memory holds info for 15 to 20 seconds

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Short-Term Memory

Question 25

# Three-System Approach to Memory stores on a relatively permanent basis, although, at times, it can be difficult to retrieve

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Long-Term Memory

Question 26

meaningful grouping of stimuli that can be stored as a unit in Short-Term Memory

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Chunks

Question 27

repetition of information that has entered the Short-Term Memory

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Rehearsal

Question 28

# Type of Memory Rehearsal as long as it is repeated, it states in the Short Term Memory

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Repetitive

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# Type of Memory Rehearsal transfers info to Long-Term Memories

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Elaborative

Question 30

inability to recall information that one realizes one knows

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Tip-Of-The-Tongue Phenomenon

Question 31

allow us to recall more easily

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Retrieval Cue

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# Types of Retrieval Cue memory task in which specific information is retrieved

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Recall

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# Types of Retrieval Cue individual is presented with a stimulus and asked whether they have been exposed to it in the past or to identify it from the list of alternatives

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Recognition

Question 34

degree to which new materials is mentally analyzed

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Levels-Of-Processing Theory

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# Levels-Of-Processing Theory can be recalled automatically without thinking

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Implicit Memory

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# Levels-Of-Processing Theory requires conscious retrieval of information

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Explicit Memory

Question 37

memories are influenced by the meaning we give to them

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Constructive Processes

Question 38

# Constructive Processes episodes from our own lives

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Autobiographical

Question 39

# Constructive Processes specific or surprising events that are so vivid in memory it as if they represented a snapshot of the event

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Flashbulb Memories

Question 40

permits us to form general impressions and recollections ## Footnote *Helps us avoid being burdened and distracted by trivial stores of meaningless data*

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Forgetting

Question 41

# Forgetting failure to pay attention and place information in memory

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Failure of Encoding

Question 42

# Forgetting loss of information due to non-use

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Decay

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# Forgetting insufficient retrieval cues

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Cue-Dependent Forgetting

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# Forgetting learned earlier disrupts the recall of newer material; you forget the new info

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Proactive Interference

Question 45

# Forgetting difficulty in recalling info learned earlier because of later exposure to different material; you forget the old info

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Retroactive Interference