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14 Cards in this Set
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Sensory memory
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Completely unorganized. It's unlimited capacity. Contains stimuli from the environment.
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Working memory
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Was, at one time, called short-term memory. Related to consciousness. It's where deliberate thinking takes place. It has limitations.
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Chunking
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deals with reducing the number of chunks to keep the info in working memory long enough for a transfer to long-term memory.
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Automaticity
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enables us to use higher level thinking skills. For example, knowing the keyboard on a computer enables us to not look at the keyboard and enables us to think about other and more complex things
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Dual processing
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deals with integrating the visual with sound. One reinforces the other
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Declarative knowledge
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it is in long-term memory and refers to facts and the general info we know
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Procedural knowledge
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it is in long term memory and deals with knowing how to do things
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Schemas or Schemata
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complex networks of connected info. Imagine the structure of a webbing strategy that a teacher might use in a classroom. They are like that in our minds.
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Scripts
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schema representations for events. For example, rain, snow, blizzards, tornadoes, hurricanes, are events (scripts) associated with the weather
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Attention
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where learning begins
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Perception
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influences the information that enters working memory
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Rehearsal
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used to retain info in working memory. It may consist of saying the info over and over again or writing it numerous times
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Encoding
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the process of putting info into long term memory
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Decoding
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the retrieval of info from long term memory. Examples may include mnemonic devices, acrostics, analogies, devices that would cause associations to be made
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