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Define Memory |
process of encoding, storage, and retrieval |
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Define encoding |
Getting information into our brain |
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Define storage |
retaining the information in our brains |
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Define retrieval |
getting the information out of our brain |
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What age do we question our memory? |
About the age of 5 |
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How long does sensory memory last? |
Up to about a second |
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How many pieces of information can sensory memory hold? |
About 12 pieces of information |
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How long does short term memory last? |
About 2 to 3 minutes |
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How many pieces of memory can short term memory hold? |
About 7 pieces plus or minus 2 |
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How long does long term memory last? |
Indefinitely |
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How many pieces of memory can long term memory hold? |
Billions of memories |
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What is the SQ3R method? |
Read, rehearse, revise |
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What is the primary effect? |
Tendency to recall the first thing in the list |
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What is the recency effect? |
Tendency to recall the last things in the list |
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What is your working memory? |
Your short term memory |
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What is Implicit memory? |
Memory for procedures and skill acquisition. Something that is known (driving a car or riding a bike). |
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What is explicit memory? |
Something that needs to be learned, taking a test and memorizing the answers |
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What is a flashbulb memory? |
When an emotional event triggers hormone changes |
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What kind of amnesia did Clive Wearing have? |
Anterograde |
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Define proactive interference |
disruptive effect of prior learning on recall of new information |
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Define retroactive interference |
disruptive effect of new learning on recall of old information |
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What is consciousness? |
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment |
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How many times a night do we dream? |
About 4 or 5 times per night |
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What is insomnia |
persistent problems falling asleep or staying asleep |
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What is narcolepsy |
attacks of sleep |
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What is sleep apnea |
cessation of breathing while asleep |
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In our total life, how many years are spent dreaming? |
About 5 years |
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How many stages are in the sleep cycle? |
6 |
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What stages are known as the 'jerk stage' |
Stages 1 and 2 |
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What stage is REM? |
The last stage |
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What waves are being produced in the REM stage? |
Theta and Beta |
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What waves are in the awake stage? |
Alpha and beta |
