Memory

Front 1

What was the story of H.M?

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He was 27 years old when he had most of his hippocampus and surrounding brain tissue removed. The operation was successful, but he could no longer form new memories

Front 2

What is memory?

Back 2

Processes that allow us to record and retrieve experiences and information.

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What are the three behaviours that show that memory if functioning

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1. Recall: Retrieve previously stored information

2. Recognition: Identify which stimulus matches your stored information

3.Relearning: Compare rate of learning information on successive occasions to the first occasion

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What are the three basic processes of memory?

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1. Encoding = getting information in by translating it into a neural cod for the brain

2. storage = retaining information over time

3. Retrieval = Getting information back out of storage when we want to use.

Front 5

What is working memory?

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Stores information, processes it, and and supports problem solving and planning

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What is automatic Processing?

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When some information goes straight from sensory experience to LTM

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What is sensory memory?

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Briefly holds sensory information. The initial information processors.

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Short term/working memory

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Temporarily hold limited amount of information . Has a duration of about 20 seconds, and can hold 7 items at once.

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What is the primacy effect?

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Information transferred to long term memory

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What is the recency effect?

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Information is still in short term memory

Front 11

What is Explicit memory?

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Facts and experiences that we know and can consciously recall. Acquired through effort full processing

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What is Implicit memory?

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Memories that we are not fully aware of. Acquired through automatic processing.

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What is Maintenance rehearsal?

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Rote repetition of information

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What is Elaborative rehearsal?

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Focuses on information's meaning

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How can we organize information

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Hierarchy: Memory is enhanced by associations. Enhanced understanding of how things are related.

Chunking: Combining items into larger items of meaning.

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What are Mnemonic devices

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Memory aids that connects information to existing information.

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What is dual coding theory?

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The idea that memory will be enhanced if there are both verbal and visual codes

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What is priming?

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Activation of one concept leads to activation of other, related concepts

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What is the course of forgetting?

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Rapid loss of memory at first, and then a more gradual decline.

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What is retrograde amnesia?

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The inability to retrieve memory of the past

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What is Anterograde amnesia?

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The inability to form new, long - term explicit memories.

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What is the misinformation effect?

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Distortion of memory by misleading post event information

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What is source amnesia?

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Forgetting where the memory came from

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What is misattribution?

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Attributing the source of the memory to your own experience.