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27 Cards in this Set
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Memory
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storage and retrieval of what has been learned or experienced.
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Encoding
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transforming of information so the Nervous System can process it.
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Acoustic (using the senses) |
saying it out loud to help you remember.
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Storage
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how information is maintained over a period of time.
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Retrieval
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obtaining information that has been stored.
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Sensory Memory
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holding input for a fraction of a second before it disappears.
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Short-term Memory
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limited in capacity to about seven items - depends of subject's active rehearsal.
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Long-term Memory
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storage of information over extended periods of time.
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Recognition
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to identify an object, idea, or situation as one he or she has or has not experienced before.
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Recall
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memory retrieval where a person reconstructs previously learned material.
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Confabulation
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"remembering" information that was NEVER stored in memory.
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Eidetic Memory
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photographic memory (rare in adults).
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Decay
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fading away of memory over time.
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Interference
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memory being blocked or erased by previous of subsequent memories.
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Proactive Interference
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earlier memory does the blocking.
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Retroactive Interference
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later memory does the blocking.
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Amnesia
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loss of memory that may occur after a blow to the head of as a result of brain damage.
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Infant Amnesia
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lack of declarative memories.
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Reasons of Infant Amnesia
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a) memories are nonverbal. b) hippocampus not matured yet. c) repressed because of emotional trauma of infancy. |
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Elaborate Rehearsal
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linking new information to material that is already known.
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Mnemonic devices
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using association to memorize and retrieve information.
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Chunking
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the process of grouping items to make them easier to remember.
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Semantic Memory
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knowledge of language, including its rules, words, and meanings.
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Procedural Memory
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memory of learned skills that does not require conscious recollection.
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Declarative Memory
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memory of knowledge that can be called forth consciously as needed.
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Episodic Memory
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memory of one's life, including time of occurrence.
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Primancy-Recency Effect
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the fact that people are better able to recall information presented at the beginning and end of a list.
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