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15 Cards in this Set
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memory
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the capacity to retain and retrieve information and also to structures that account for this capacity.
- we stored pieces of information, general info, and life experiences |
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flashbulb memories
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vivid recollections of of emotional events that captures the surprise, illumination, and seemingly photographic detail that characterize them.
- by Roger Brown and James Kulik -facts can still get mixed with fiction |
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confabulation
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confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you, or a belief that you remember something when it never actually happened.
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explicit memory
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conscious, intentional recollection of an event or an item of of information.
-recall- retrieve info that is not present - recognition= ability to identify (multiple choice questions) |
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implicit memory
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unconscious retention in memory, as evidence by the effect of a previous experience or previously encountered information on current thoughts or actions
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"three-box model"
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information that does not transfer out of the sensory registered or short termed memory is assumed to be forgotten forever. once in long term memory, information can be retrieved for use in analyzing incoming sensory information or performing mental operations in short term memory.
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short-term memory (STM)
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holds a limited amount of information for brief period of time, perhaps up to thirty second or so, unless conscious effort is made to keep it there longer
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long term memory (LTM)
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accounts for longer storage from a few minutes to decades .
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tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) state
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the organization of information in long-term memory not only by semantic grouping but also terms of ways words sound or look.
-conceptualize but cant convey |
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mnemonics
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strategies and tricks for improving memory, such as the use of a verse or a formula.
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Precudural memories
Declaritive memories |
Precudural memories= knowing how to do something
Declaritive memories= symantic= general memories and episotic memories=personal experience events |
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amnesia
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the partial or complete loss of memory for important personal information
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psychogenic amnesia
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the causes of forgetting are psychological, such as the need to escape feelings of embarrassment, guilt shame disappointment, or emotional shock - takes massive memory and loss of identity sometimes
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traumatic amnesia
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involves the burying specific traumatic events for a long period time often for many years.
-can return perfectly and founded by sigmund freud. |
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child hood (infantile) amnesia
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the inability to remember events and experiences that occurred during the first two or three years of life
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