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20 Cards in this Set
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Digit - span task |
The maximum number of digits a person can remember in WM |
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Chunking |
The ability to condense information |
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Operation span |
Number of words that are remembered in WM when asked to remember if an equation is true or false and word |
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Reading span |
Number of of words remembered in WM when person is asked to remember first and last word in X amount of sentences |
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Central executive |
Acts as a supervisory system and controls the flow of information from and to its slave systems: the phonological loop and the visuo-spatial sketchpad |
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Visuo-spatial buffer/ sketchpad |
Allows one to conjure image of memory |
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Episodic buffer |
Integate sensory functions so that things occur in a continuous sequence |
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Articulatory rehearsal loop / phonological loop |
A brief store of mainly verbal information together with a rehearsal mechanism |
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Executive control |
Controls sequence of thought and action, select and launch responses, plan and set goals, breaks habits or routines, mechanically transfers input to and from long-term memory |
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The modal model |
Sensory memory ( iconic, echoic), STM, LTM |
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Serial position curve |
The tendency of a person to recall the first and last items in a series best and the middle items worst |
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Recency effect |
Better memory for the last few items |
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Primacy effect |
Better memory for the first few items |
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Maintenance rehearsal |
Reciting |
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Relational or elaborative rehearsal |
Linking |
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Shallow processing |
Superficial memory ( does it contain an 'e'? ) |
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Deep processing |
Meaningful ( Is is a living thing?) |
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Incidental learning |
Learning without meaning too |
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International learning |
As little to no effect |
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Retrieval paths |
Memory paths to a particular memory |
