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15 Cards in this Set
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Encoding
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Transforming info into a form that can be stored in short or long term memory
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Storage
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Maintaining info in memory
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Retrieval
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Bringing to mind the material that has been stored in memory
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Consolidation
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Physiological change in brain that takes place inorder for encoded info to be stored
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Three Memory Systems
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Sensory Memory
Short Term Memory Long Term Memory |
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Sensory Memory
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Hold info coming through the senses for short period of time
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Short Term Memory
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Hold 7 items for less than 30 seconds w/out rehearsal
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Displacement
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When STM is filled:new items in old ones out
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Chunking
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Grouping pieces of memory
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Rehearsal
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Repeating info in order to maintain it in STM or transfer to LTM
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Long Term Memory
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Memory system w/ virtually unlimited capacity
Hold all aquired knowledge Two main subsystems |
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Episodic Memory
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records events as they haev ben experienced
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Declarative Memory
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Stores facts,information and personal life events that can be brought to mind verbally or in forms of images.
Explicit memory |
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Semantic Memory
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Declarative Memory
Stores general knowledge,or objective facts and info |
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Flashbulb Memory
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Vivid memory of the conditions surrounding one's first hearing the news of a surprising,emotional event
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