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25 Cards in this Set
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Encoding
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changing information so it can be stored
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Storage
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holding information in the memory system |
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Retrieval
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recovering information from storage |
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Multi-store
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the idea that information passes through a series of memory stores |
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Sensory Stores
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holds information received from the senses for a very short period of time
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Short-term memory store |
holds approx. 7 chunks of information for a limited amount of time
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Long-term store
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holds a vast amount of information for a very long period of time |
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Recency effect
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information received later is recalled better than earlier information |
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Primacy effect |
the first information received is recalled better than subsequent information
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Reconstructive memory |
altering our recollection of things so that they make more sense to us |
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Structural processing
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thinking about the physical appearance of words to be learnt |
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Phonetic processing |
thinking about the sound of words to be learnt |
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Semantic processing
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thinking about the meaning of words to be learnt
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Levels of processing
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the depth at which information is thought about when trying to learn it |
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Interference |
things that we have learnt that make it difficult to recall other information that we have learnt |
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Retroactive interference
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when information we have recently learnt hinders our ability to recall information we have learnt previously
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Proactive interference |
when information we have already learnt hinders our ability to recall new information
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Context
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the general setting or environment in which activities |
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Anterograde amnesia |
being unable to learn new information after suffering brain damage |
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Retrograde amnesia
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loss of memory for events that happened before brain damage occurred |
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Hippocampus
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a brain structure that is crucial for memory |
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Reliability
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in the context of eye witness testimony, the extend to which is can be regarded of accurate |
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Leading Questions |
a question that hints a particular type of answer is required |
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Cognitive interview |
a method of questioning witnesses that involves recreating the context of an event |
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