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32 Cards in this Set
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Source misattribution |
The inability to distinguish an actual memory |
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Confabulation |
Confusion of an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you |
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Explicit memory |
Recollection of an event or an item of info |
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Recall |
The ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory |
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Recognition |
The ability to identify previously encountered material |
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Implict memory |
Unconscious retention in memory |
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Priming |
A method for measuring implicit memory in which a person reads or listens to info and then is tested to see how much they've learned |
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Relearning method |
Method for measuring retention that compares the time required to relearn material with the time used in the initial learning of the material. |
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Parallel distributed processing model |
A model of memory in which knowledge is represented as connections among thousands of interacting processing units |
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Sensory register |
Memory system that momentarily preserves extremely accurate images of sensory info |
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Chunk |
Meaningful unit of info |
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Working memory |
A cognitively complex for of short term memory |
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Procedural memories |
Memories for the performance of action or skill |
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Declarative memories |
Memories of fact, rules, concepts and events |
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Semantic memories |
Memories of general knowledge, including facts, rules, concepts and propositions |
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Episodic memories |
Memories of personally experienced events and the contexts in which they occured |
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Serial position effect |
The tendency for recall of the first and last items on a list to surpass recall of items of the middle of the list |
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Long term potentiation |
A long lasting increase in the strength of synaptic responsiveness |
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Consolidation |
The process by which a long term memory becomes durable and stable |
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Mnemonics |
Stragedies and tricks for improving memory |
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Maintenance rehearsal |
Repetition of material to maintain its availability in memory |
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Elaborative rehearsal |
New info with already stored knowledge and analysis of the new info to make it memorable |
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Deep processing |
In the encoding of info the processing of meaning |
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Decay theory |
Info in the memory eventually disspears |
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Retroactive interference |
Forgetting that occurs when recently learned material interferes with the ability to remember similar material |
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Proactive interference |
Forgetting that occurs when previously stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar..more recent material learned |
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Cue dependent forgetting |
Inability to remember info stored in the memory because of insufficient cues for recall |
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State dependent memory |
Tendency to remember something when the rememberer is in the same physical or mental state as during the original learning of experience |
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Mood congruent memory |
Tendency to remember experiences that are consistent with ones current mood |
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Amnesia |
Partial or complete loss of memory for important personal info |
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Repression |
The selective, involuntary pushing or threatening or upsetting info into the unconscious |
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Childhood amnesia |
Inability to remember events that occurred earlier than 2 years old |
