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11 Cards in this Set
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Sensory Register
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first memory store in information processing in which stimuli are notices and are briefly available for further processing
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Information-Processing Approach:
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emphasizes the basic mental processes involved in attention, perception, memory and decision making
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Short-Term Memory
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memory store in which limited amounts of information are temporarily held
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Working Memory
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memory store that temporarily holds information when it is actively being operated upon
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Long-Term Memory
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permanent store of information
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Encoding
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getting the information into the system
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Consolidation
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processed and organized in a form suitable for LT storage
Transforms immediate sensory-perceptual experience of an event into a long-lasting memory trace Facilitated by sleep |
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Storage
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holing information in a LTM store
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Retrieval
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process of getting information out when it is needed
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Implicit Memory
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occurs unintentionally, automatically, and without awareness
Remains intact, hard to forget Procedural is a type of implicit and is mediated by the striatum Capacity changes little over lifespan |
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Explicit Memory
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involves deliberate, effortful recollection of events
Subject to forgetting Medial temporal lobe (also crucial to consolidating) Where information is turned into a memory trace for LTM not where it is stored in retrieved Increase from infancy to adulthood and then decreases in late adulthood |
