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Unit 7 "Memory" Flashcards

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1
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what’s memory and what’s it composed of w/ definition?

A

memory is retaining information coming from your senses.
Encoding: Putting something in your brain
Storage: Keeping the info in your brain
Retrieval: ability to access the info when you need it

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When you can’t remember something, which process did the error occur? and explain

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Encoding, you can’t fully remember something when you didn’t encode it correctly

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3
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____an imaginary walk on a familiar pathway

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Method of loci

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A type of memory where you have to see, hear or sense it in order to help it long-term.
What are the 2 kinds w/ definition & time it lasts?

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Sensory memory
Iconic: Visual (1/4 -2secs)
Echoic: Hearing (2=3secs)

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5
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____ focusing on something in order to learn better/faster. It moves ____ to ______

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Selective attention

Sensory memory —> Short term memory

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Explain the whole process of retaining/learning something.

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Sensory memory– Selective Attention– Short term–Consolidating (rehearsal)– long term

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____A memory that doesn’t last long.

How long does it stay? and how much capacity can it hold?

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Short-term memory

It stays for 20 secs & can hold 7+/- 2 items

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___ what’s currently in the brain at the moment. You’re also using long-term memory at the same time.
(same thing as short)

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Working memory

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What do we do in order to increase the capacity of short-term memory?
What do we do in order to make a memory long-term?

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Chunk

Rehearsal

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10
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What do you call when we generalize (automatic attribute) something due to previous experiences?

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Schema

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What are the 4 kinds of memory?

not short/long

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Implicit, Explicit, Retrospective, Prospective

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A type of memory that you have a mental picture of (remember).

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Explicit memory

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What are the 2 kinds of Explicit memory?

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Episodic memory: personal experiences in life

Sematic memory: knowledge (math)

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___ is a process to remember explicit memory.

What do you have to do?

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Effortful process, you have to think about them in order to remember

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A type of memory that’s about doing something (muscle memory).
And what is the other name?

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Implicit memory, procedural memory

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___ is a process of implicit memory has to go through.

Explain

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Automatic Processing, effortless ability to remember things that you can do

17
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Any type of memory from the past

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Retrospective memory

18
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A type of memory that you have to do in the future

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Prospective memory

19
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What are the 3 measures of retention?

and definitions

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Recall: remember w/o clues
Recognition: remember w/ clues
Relearning: how fast someone can learn previously learned materials

20
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Process in which the brain can multi-task

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Parallel Processing

21
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How can you remember/learn long term when studying?

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Spacing Effect

22
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Where is memory located in the brain?

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Hippocampus

23
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What process do you need to go through to move info into long-term memory?

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Memory consolidating

24
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A type of memory w/ unlimited capacity and can hold info for lengthy periods of time

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Long-term memory

25
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what provides a neural bases for learning and remembering?

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long term potentiation (LTP)

26
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What are 2 kinds of amnesia? and explain

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Retrograde: Can’t remember something from the past
Anterograde: Can’t form new memories

27
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____ is exposure to one thing can later alter behavior or thoughts

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Priming

28
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A type of memory where you vividly remember memories when reminded

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Flashbulb memory

29
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What are the 2 theories on why we forget? And Explain

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Decay theory: memories fade overtime

Interference theory: forget due to competition from other material

30
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When you can’t remember “new” info because of “old” info blocking it

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Proactive Interference

31
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When you can’t remember “old” info because of “new” info blocking it

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Retroactive Interference

32
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What are the 2 types of Interference theory?

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Proactive and RetroActive interference

33
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When you can’t remember where/when/who you got the info from

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Source Amnesia

34
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_____occurs when misleading info has distorted one’s memory of an event

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misinformation effect

35
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the idea that every time you think of something from the past you CHANGE it “slightly”

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Reconsolidation

36
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____ is the tendency to recall the first & last but not the middle

A

Serial Position Effect

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