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memory
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the storage and retrieval of what has been learned or experienced
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information people receive from the senses
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input
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where information is analyzed and holds for a second
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sensory memory
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chunking
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process of grouping items to make them easier to remember
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Can only hold 7items of information at a time, new replaces old, last 10-20 seconds
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short term memory
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primary recency effect
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we are better able to recall information presented at the beginning or at the end of a list, also called working memory
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last indefinitely, limitless capacity
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long term memory
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consolidation theory
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period of time for new information that has entered the memory to consolidate and become permanent
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types of LTM
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Semantic, episodic, declarative, procedural
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function of memory
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retention
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how do you measure retention?
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through performance
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the act of filling in memory gaps
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confabulation
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form of photographic memory
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edectic memory
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loss of memory
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forgetting
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What is the diff between proactive and retroactive interference?
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proactive is an earlier memory that does blocking, retro. is an older memory
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repression
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subconsciously block of forget memories of embarrassing or frightening experiances
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amnesia
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loss of memory
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amnesia as a child
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infiniteamnesia
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an example OF a mnemonic device
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jingles
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What are the units OF thought
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images, symbols,concepts,prototypes, rules
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building blocks of mental activity
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units OF thought
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the diff between directed and nondirected thinking
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direct is convergent, deliberate
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medicognition
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awareness of one's own cognitive process
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diff between algorithm and heuristic
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alg is step by step heur is a rule OF thumb
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smallest unit of sound
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phonemes
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What exist in every language
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syntax
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