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Decks in this class (11)

Ch. 4 Attention
Attending to one thing while igno...,
Paying attention to more than one...,
Presenting difficult stimuli to t...
14  cards
Ch. 5 Short Term and Working Memory
Holds all incoming information fo...,
Repeating a stimulus over and over,
The process of remembering inform...
18  cards
Ch. 6 Long Term Memory Structure
A system that is responsible for ...,
Superior recall of words at or ne...,
During this effect participants a...
11  cards
Ch. 7 LTM: Encoding, Retrieval, and Consolidation
The process of acquiring informat...,
Bringing information into conscio...,
This type of rehearsal results in...
25  cards
Ch. 8 Everyday Memory & Memory Errors
Memory for specific experiences f...,
The enhanced memory for adolescen...,
This hypothesis proposes that mem...
14  cards
Ch. 9 Knowledge
Created by humans,
Process by which things are place...,
Membership in a category is deter...
27  cards
Ch. 10 Visual Imagery
Experiencing a sensory impression...,
Psychical images that are analogo...,
We do not store mental representa...
3  cards
Schacter's Seven Sins of Memory
When memories fade quickly,
People forget whether they have d...,
You know you should remember some...
7  cards
Ch. 11 Language
___________ is a system of commun...,
The study of meaning of language,
Actual words root words prefix an...
18  cards
Ch. 12 Problem Solving
Identifying there is a problem,
The importance of focusing on the...,
Problems with clear paths to thei...
22  cards
Ch. 13 Decision Making
People that make their choices so...,
The ease of bringing an example t...,
The memory of how we acted previo...
6  cards

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