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36 Cards in this Set
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a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event
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Flashbuld memory
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the processing of information into the memory system
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encoding
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the retention of encoded information over time
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Storage
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the process of getting informatino out of memory
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retrieval
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the immediate very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system
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sensory memory
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activated memory that holds a few items briefly such as the seven digits of a phone number while dialing before the information is stored or forgotten
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Short term memory
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the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system. Includes knowledge skills and experiences
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Long-term memory
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a newer understanding of short term memory that involves conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual spatial information and of information retrieved from long term memory
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Working Memory
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unconcious encoding of incidental information such as space time and frequency and of well learned information such as word meanings
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automatic processing
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encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
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effortful processing
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the conscious repetition of information either to maintain it in consciousness or to encode it for storage
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rehearsal
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the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice
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spacing effect
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our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list
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Serial position effect
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the encoding of pictures images
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visual encoding
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the encoding of sound especially the sound of words
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acoustic encoding
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the encoding of meaning including the meaning of words
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Semantic encoding
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mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing especially when combined with semantic encoding
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imagery
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memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices
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mnemonics
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organizing items into familiar manageable units; often occurs automatically
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Chunking
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a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second
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Iconic memory
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a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli; if attention is elsewhere sounds and words can still be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds
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echoic memory
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an increase in a synapse's firing potential after a brief rapid stimulation believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory
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long term potentiation
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the loss of memory
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amnesia
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retention independent of concious recollection
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implicit memory
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memory of facts and experiences that one can conciously know and declare
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explicit memory
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a neural center that is located in the limbic system and helps process explicit memories for storage
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Hippocampus
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a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier as on a fill in the blank test
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recall
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a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple choice test
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Recognition
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a memory measures that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time
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relearning
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the activation, often unconciously of particular associationsin memory.
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Priming
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the eerie sense that "ive experienced this before" cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience
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Deja Vu
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the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood
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Mood congruent memory
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the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information
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Proactive Interference
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The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information
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retroactive interference
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in psychoanalytic theory the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety arousing thoughts feelings and memories
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Repression
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attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about or imagined
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source amnesia
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