Psychology Test 2 Chapter 8 Memory

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Combining separate items of info into a larger unit or chunk and then remembering chunks of info rather than individual items

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Chunking

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When new info enters STM and pushes out information that is already there is called what?

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displacement

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Stores general knowledge, or objective facts and information

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Semantic Memory

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A part of declarative memory that stores the memory of the events of your life.

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Episodic Memory

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Repeating info so that it remains longer in STM

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Maintenance Role Rehearsal

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Making meaningful associations between new info that you wish to remember and old info already stores in LTM

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Elaborative Rehearsal

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Producing memory with retrieval cues

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Recognition

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Producing information from memory without retrieval cues

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Recall

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Information is easier to recall when a person is in the same emotional state they were in when they learned it.

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State Dependent Memory

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Critical area of the brain involved in processing long-term memory.

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Hippocampus

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part of our brain that adds emotion to our memory (hormones).

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Amygdala

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Vivid, detailed memories caused by traumatic or memorable events that an individual remembers in great detail years later.

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Flashbulb Memories

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Any disruption that prevents a long-term memory from forming causes....

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Consolidation Failure

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When new info enters STM and pushes out information that is already there?

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Displacement

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Limited duration for STM?

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30 seconds

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GARDNER'S EIGHT FORMS OF INTELLIGENCE
1.Uses language well in thinking and communication

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Linguistic

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2. Thinks logically and solve mathematical equations

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Logical Mathmatical

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3. Uses images that represent spatial relations

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Spatial

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4. Learns and execute physical movements

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Bodily kinesthetic

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5. Sensitivity to pitch, rhythm, and other musical elements

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Musical

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6.Engages in effective social relationships

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Interpersonal

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7.The ability to understand oneself. ?

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Intrapersonal ?

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8. Identifies patterns in nature and how objects fit into them.

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Naturalist

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9. Seeks answers to the deep questions of life.

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Existential

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6.Engages in effective social relationships

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Interpersonal

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Expectations about certain groups can significantly affect test scores.

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Stereotype Threats and Self fulfilling prophecy

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7.The ability to understand oneself. ?

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Intrapersonal ?

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8. Identifies patterns in nature and how objects fit into them.

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Naturalist

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9. Seeks answers to the deep questions of life.

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Existential

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Expectations about certain groups can significantly affect test scores.

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Stereotype Threats and Self fulfilling prophecy

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You form a concept of an object, event, animal, or person by making a mental list of the features of that particular thing.

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Definition Theory

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You form a concept by creating a mental image thats based on the average characteristics of an object.

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Prototype Theory

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the set of properties we associate with a class of objects, events, ect..

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Concepts

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Assigning an object to a concept. Divided the world into manageable units.

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Categorization

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To identify a new ojbect you match it to one of your already formed __________ of objects, people, or animals.

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Prototypes

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states that concepts can be represented by individual examples that are stored in memory from personal experiences.

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Exemplar theory

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The highest, most general level is called the...

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Superordinate category

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The most specific level of the hierarchy is called the...

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subordinate category

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The intermediate level of the hierarchy is called the...

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basic-level category

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the failure to use familiar objects in novel ways to solve problems.

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Functional fixedness

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How to overcome functional fixedness

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Use Analogies

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The current position is compared with a desired goal, and a series of steps is formulated and then taken to close the gap between the two.

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Means-end analysis

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Applying a solution used for a past problem to a current problem that shares many similar features.

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Analogy heuristic

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Stream of sentences we "hear in our mind"

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Propositional Thought

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Visual mental images we "see in our mind"

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Imaginal Thought

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Sequences of motive movements

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Motor Thought

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Some animals do not change word order to vary meaning...what is this?

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Lack of syntax

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when speech sounds are combined into the smallest units of meaning..

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Morphemes

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the study of meaning..

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semantics

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Sounds that help distinguish meaning in a language.

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phonemes

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when new info enters STM and pushes out information that is already there.

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displacement