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24 Cards in this Set
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Memory |
Persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information |
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Recall |
Retrieving information that is not currently in your conscious awareness |
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Recognition |
Identifying items previously learned |
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Relearning |
Learning something more quickly the second or later time |
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Encode information |
Get information into brain |
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Store information |
Retain that information in brain |
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Retrieve information |
Get information back out at a later time |
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Connectionism |
Memories are products of interconnected nueral networks |
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Stages of memory formation |
Sensory, short-term and long-term |
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Sensory memory |
Immediate, brief recording of sensory information |
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Short-term memory |
Activated memory that holds a few items briefly before it's stored or forgotten |
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Long-term memory |
Relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of memory system |
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Working memory |
Conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual information |
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Automatic processing |
Unconscious encoding of incidental and well learned information |
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Effortless processing |
Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort |
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Iconic memory |
Photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second |
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Echoic memory |
Momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli that can be recalled within 3 or 4 seconds |
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Chunking |
Organizing items into familiar manageable units |
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Mnemonic |
Memory aids |
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Hierarchies |
Organizing information among a few broad concepts divided and subdivided into narrower concepts and facts |
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Distributed paractice |
Encoding of information that is distributed over time |
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Spacing effect |
Tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long term retention than is achieved through masses study or practice |
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Massed practice |
Cramming |
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Testing effect |
Enhanced memory after retrieving |
