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20 Cards in this Set
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What are the three stages of the cognitive process of memory? |
Encoding |
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What is sensory memory? |
Preservation of memory in sensory form for brief time |
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What is short-term memory? |
A limited capacity storage that can hold unrehearsed info |
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What is rehearsal? |
The process of repeatedly verbalizing info
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What is maintenance rehearsal? |
Maintaining info for immediate use |
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What is elaborate rehearsal? |
Increasing the chances for info being retained for future use |
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What is iconic memory? |
Visual memory that holds images long enough to be encoded into stm |
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What is echoic memory? |
Auditory memory that holds sounds long enough to be encoded into stm(1 second or less) |
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What depends on the limit of working memory? |
-# of items trying to recall -your undivided attention -chunking |
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What are the three compenents of Working Memory? |
Central Executive- integrates info from WM with info from LTM Phonological Loop-briefly stores sounds Visuo-Spatial Sketch Pad-stores visual/spatial representations of items |
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How short is STM? |
Well speed of presentation doesnt matter however the number of items between cue and target does. Therefore it said that new info displaces old info in working memory |
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What is consolidation? |
The process of moving STM into LTM |
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What are the LTM processes? |
Shallow-analysis of surface features, lower numbers of words recalled Deep-analysis of semantic features(meaning) |
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What is implicit memory? |
Memory that requires no intentional remembering. Motor/perceptual skills. |
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What is explicit memory? |
Intentional remembering is required. Facts, events. |
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What is declaritive memory? |
Handles factual info like names,dates,faces etc |
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What is procedural memory? |
Handles actions,skills and conditioned responses like riding a bike and tying your shoes |
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From declaritive memory, what is episodic memory? |
Recollections of personal events |
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And semantic memory? |
General knowledge |
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What types of amnesia are there? |
Retrograde- loss of ability to recall memories Anterograde- inability to form new memories |
