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when is info better remembered

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when it has meaning

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semantic encoding

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words and their meaning

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what did atkinson and shiffrin propose

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msm of memory

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what did baddeley suggest

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STM is not a unitary store - working memory model

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2 types of ltm

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explicit and implicit

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explicit ltm

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memories you try to recall

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implicit ltm

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memories not part of the conscious - non-declarative

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2 types of explicit memories

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episodic and semantic

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2 types of implicit memory

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procedural and emotional

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declarative memory

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storage of facts and events we personally experience

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engram

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group of neurons that serve as physical representation of memory

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who suggested role of engram

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karl lashley

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what did lashley suggest about the brain

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if part of one area of the brain involved in memory is damaged, another part of the same area can take over that memory function

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main job of amygdala

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regulate emotions eg fear and aggression

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why does amygdala affect how memories are stored

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storage is influenced by stress hormones

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role of hippocampus

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spatial memory, projects information to cortical regions that give memory meaning and connect them with other memories

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role of prefrontal cortex

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remembering semantic memories

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5 neurotransmitters involved in memory

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  1. epinephrine
  2. dopamine
  3. serotonin
  4. glutamate
  5. acetylcholine
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what is arousal theory by Christianson 1992

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strong emotions trigger formation of strong memories and weaker emotional experiences form weaker memories

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what did McGaugh 2003 suggest about memories and stress

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when humans and animals are stressed, the brain secretes more of the neurotransmitter glutamate which helps remember the stressful event - flashbulb memory phenomenon

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flashbulb memory

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exceptionally clear recollection of an emotional event

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anterograde amnesia

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  • caused by brain trauma
  • cannot remember new information but can remember information and events pre injury
  • hippocampus usually affected
  • suggests damage to brain results in inability to transfer info from STM to LTM - inability to consolidate memories
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retrograde amnesia

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  • loss of memories pre trauma
  • difficulty remembering episodic memory
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suggestibility

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describes the effects of misinformation from external sources leading to the creation of false memories

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3 stages of memory
1. acquisition 2. retention 3. retrieval
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acquisition
process of attending to a stimulus and encoding into memory
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retention
preservation of stored material over an interval
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retrieval
process of getting info back for use
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Main difference between computer and human memory
computer memory is passive but not with humans
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what is iconic memory
sight
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how long is iconic memory
few hundred milliseconds
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what is echoic memory
about 4 seconds
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how can items be lost from stm
decay or displacement
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decay
with time, memory rusts
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displacement
new items enter and knock others out
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2 types of rehearsal
maintenance and elaborative
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maintenance rehearsal
keep items active in stm
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elaborative rehearsal
can transfer an item from stm to ltm
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what happens if rehearsal is not performed
lost after 20 seconds
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from the serial position curve, as delay increases...
recency effect disappears but primacy effect remains
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how does serial position curve support msmof memory
shows duration of stm is limited and if rehearsed, info Is transferred to ltm
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what does serial position suggest for lists
people generally remember first (primacy effect) and last (recency effect) items in list
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how to increase capacity of stm
chunking
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what does chess master experiments show
expertise matters for memory
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shallow processing
processing of superficial features, not good for memory
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deep processing
processing for meaning, better for memory
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summarise craik and tulving 1975 loP study
Have people study concrete nouns, but have them process them during study in different ways: to process the case of the letters in the word (shallow), the rhyme of the word (medium) or for meaning of the word (deep). Results (percent recalled): case: 17% rhyme: 37% sentence: 65%
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semantic priming
if a word is processed immediately preceding a second related word, the processing of the second word is enhanced.
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trace
what is left behind in memory after an event has occurred. Can be retrieved at any time after the event has occurred but can deteriorate with time. NOT ALTERED BY SCHEMA
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schema
set of expectations about the way the world works and it affects the info we attend to and remember
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who was the first memory theorist to develop notion of schema
Bartlett
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what did Bartlett argue
schemas play a crucial role in memory
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what did remembering 1932 show
memory is constructive not reproductive, shema plays a key role eg filling in the gap so the story makes sense to them
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what were Bartletts findings
Transformations were in the direction of accepted conventional representations (drawings become more “normal”) * Features that could not be labeled were elaborated until a recognised form was produced (i.e., weird bits are transformed into something familiar - odd wing becomes a tail) * Once a recognisable form is produced, simplification into something more conventional (e.g., cat) * Assignment of a name influences what is reproduced (“Portrait d’homme” - “Portrait of a man”) * Preservation of certain details once recognised form is achieved (e.g., tail on cat)
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general conclusion from war of the ghosts study
people tended to leave out parts that were unconventional, and fill in bits with information that was consistent with their viewpoint. if memory is a passive re-experiencing of the past, like putting a tape in a tape player, it should not behave in this way
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what was Loftus and palmer 1974 study
showed ptsp videos of a car crash and asked how fast was the car going when it (smashed, collided, bumped, hit, contacted) into the other car?, smashed had highest mph while contacted had lowest, then asked did you see any broken glass? ptsp that heard smashed reported more glass broken
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what did Loftus and palmers study indicate
post-event information (the phrasing of the question; “smashed into” implies a much more serious accident than “hit”) alters how the person’s schema and how the original event is reconstructed
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illusory truth effect
repeated information tends to be believed more than novel info
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what was vellani et al 2023 study
– Compared people’s belief in and tendency to share repeated versus novel statements – Half the statements were true and half were false – Two experiments: * Experiment 1: Health related (mis)information – “For better health, one needs to remove sugar entirely from one’s diet” (false) * Experiment 2: General Knowledge (mis)information – “The Cyclops is the legendary one-eyed giant in Greek mythology” (true)
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what was the results of vellani et al 2023 study
– People were more likely to both believe and share repeated information – Happened with both true and false information – Happened with both health-related (mis)information and general knowledge (mis)information – Tendency to share was caused by believing the (mis)information
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The superior ability of expert chess players to remember positions of pieces from an actual game underscores the:
advantages of chunking information
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is the trace approach active or passive
passive
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is the schema approach active or passive
active

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