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17 Cards in this Set
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Information Processing Model
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Sensory Registers>Short Term Memory>Long Term Memory
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Sensory Registers
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Memory systems that hold information for a very brief period Iconic(Visual) Echonic(Auditory)
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Short Term Memory
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Memory for information that is available for 20-30 seconds unless rehearsal occurs
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Long Term Memory
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Memory for facts, images, feelings, skills, experiences that may remain for a lifetime
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Working memory
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Temporary storage and processing of information
Central Executive, Visual, Verbal |
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Central Executive
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Expanding role of working memory. Rehearsal and Storage
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Chunking
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The process of organizing information into larger, meaningful units
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Declarative memory
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Knowledge of facts and events
Semantic-General Knowlege and facts Episodic - Personal Memories |
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Procedural memory
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Skill or habit memory
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Explicit memory
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The conscious recollection of facts and events
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Implicit memory
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Memory that is expressed in behavior rather than consciously.(Riding a bike, Conditioned Learning, and Associative Learning.)
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Working memory LOCATION
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Frontal lobe
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Consolidation (encoding new explicit memories) LOCATION
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Hippocampus
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Implicit memory LOCATION
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Amygdala
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Method of loci
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Associating new information with a visual image of a familiar place
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Schemas
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Organized knowledge about particular areas that we use as guides
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Why do we forget?
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Decay theory: Memories are lost as neural pathways go unused
Interference theory: Memories intrude with one another |
