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48 Cards in this Set
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Information Processing Model |
Sensory Short Term Long Term |
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sensory registers |
-raw information collected by sense
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how long does sensory memory last? |
less than a second |
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Icon |
visual image |
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masking |
new info replaces old in under a 1/4 second |
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auditory memory is held in? |
temporal lobe |
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which is longer, echoic or iconic? |
echo |
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Filter theory of attention |
what we pay attention to 1. need 2. novelty 3. interest 4. emotion |
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cocktail party phenomenon |
filtering out background noise |
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STM also known as |
working memory |
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duration of STM |
20 seconds |
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capacity of STM |
as much as can be repeated in under 2 seconds |
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chunking |
helps increase number of pieces of info ex. 178268 -- 17, 82, 68 |
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decay theory |
passing time weakens memory |
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consolidation |
strengthening of memory for LT storage -creation of new dendrites -strengthening old connections |
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rate rehearsal |
repeating info to keep it in STM |
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elaborative rehearsal |
relating new information to old, stronger connections |
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primacy |
first info |
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recency |
last info |
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retroactive interference |
new info gets in the way of old |
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proactive interference |
old info gets in the way of new |
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capacity of LTM |
unlimited in quantity and duration |
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retrieval |
going into LTM and placing the info into STM to be used |
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explicit memory |
info we can readily retrieve and we are aware of having |
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semantic memory |
general facts and word meaning stored in frontal and temporal lobes |
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episodic memory |
events with meaning |
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implicit |
procedural memory cannot be intentionally retrieved |
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emotional memories stored in |
amygdala |
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procedural memories stored in |
cerebellum |
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state dependent learning |
mental state one is in when creating a new memory |
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priming |
?????? |
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tip of the tongue |
information that seems to be just out of reach |
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when does tip of the tongue occur |
-stressed -older -words with similar sounds will be recalled -effort increases interference |
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Bartlett's Schema Theory |
-using schemas to organize and interpret present |
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Schema |
-memory can be impacted by prejudice |
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confabulation |
using schema to fill in holes of a story |
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Elizabeth Loftus |
reconstructive memory |
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Infantile Amnesia |
-no memory before 2-3 -no language -brain not fully developed -few schema |
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retrograde amnesia |
brain damage may damage memory memories of the injury may not be remembered bc not coded into LTM |
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anterograde amnesia |
problems making new memories |
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when memory is lost it is typically |
episodic |
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hysterical amnesia is also known as |
repression |
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psychogenic fugue |
psychotic break followed by travel |
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eidetic memory = |
photographic memory |
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flashbulb memories |
are HD memories |
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multi-model |
memory stored in numerous places |
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basal forebrain |
binds various pieces together |
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korsakoff's syndrome |
thalamus and hippocampus almost no memory |
