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13 Cards in this Set
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Recognition |
When you must recall information with help of cues. |
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Recall |
When you must recall information without help of cues. |
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Organic |
The permanent modification of an organism by stimulation and activity. |
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Serial Position Effect |
The tendency to remember the first and last items on a list. |
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Encoding |
The processing of information into memory. |
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Lost Keys |
We have trouble remembering where we put our keys because they are left in many places, no one trace location... mind must look for the most recent. |
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Mnemonic Devices |
- Memory aids - Visual images - Acronyms - Jokes - Sentences - Rhymes - Chunking |
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Storing |
The maintenance of encoded information over time. |
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Flashbulb Memory |
A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. |
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Firsts |
We remember "firsts" because they create a new pathway in the brain. |
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Long Term Memory |
• Relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory. 3 types: - procedural: how to do things - semantic: facts, concepts, word meanings - episodic: memory of events |
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Short Term Memory |
Working memory that holds only a few items briefly. |
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Retrieval |
The process of getting information out of memory storage. |
