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Atkinson- Shiffrin Model of Memory
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memory is made up of three information stores. Sensory, Short-Term, and long-term memory
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sensory memory
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can hold a large amount of information just long enough (a fraction of a second)for a small portion of it to be selected for longer storage. Ex:// a phone number you have in yoru memory from the phonebook to the phone
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Short term memory
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limited capacity- unless aided by rehearsal, its storage duration is brief
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long term meory
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stores an apparently unlimited amount of information for indeterminate periods
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declarative memory
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factual information
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nondeclarative memory
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actions, perceptual motor skills, conditioned reflexes, emotional memories. ex://riding a bike
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semantic memory
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general knowledge, stored undated
ex://lincoln gave gettysburg adress |
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episodic memory
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dated recollections of person experiances. Ex:// first kiss
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anterograde amnesia
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can't form new long term memories-results from hippocampus damage and it's usually permanant
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retrograde amnesia
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can't recall the past-often results from injury to the cortex- usually less permanant
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Why do we forget?
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ineffective encoding, decay, interference, retrieval failure, motivated forgetting
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reconstructed memories
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based on our schemas and how we believe things "should" have been
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the misinformation effect
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postevent information alters one's memory of the event
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