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18 Cards in this Set
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Retrieval |
Definition: Accessing the information when you need it. |
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Sensory Memory |
Definition: Memory that is initially obtained via your sense such as vision, taste, hearing, or feeling. |
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Primary-Recency Effect |
Definition: When asked to recall a list of items, you will more often than not find it easier to remember the first few and last few items than those in between. |
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Poactive Interference |
Definition: The tendency of previously learned material obstructing the learning of new things. |
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Procedural Memory |
Definition: Part of the long term memory that is responsible for knowing how to do things, particularly ones that are motor skills like walking or running. |
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Recall |
Definition: The mental process of retrieving information or memory from the past. |
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Maintenance Rehearsal |
Definition: The process of repeating, verbalizing, or thinking about a piece of information so you may remember it longer. Doing so might enable that memory to remain in your long term memory. |
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Decay |
Definition: The theory that memory fades due to the passage of time, causing people to forget. |
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Retroactive Interference |
Definition: The tendency of older information hindering the further learning of new information. |
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Short-term |
Definition: Memory with a small life span, which is about twenty seconds. |
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Confabulation |
Definition: The mental process of filling in gaps of your memory with pieces of information that your memory never stored before. |
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Episodic Memory |
Definition: Memories that capture important, sentimental, or traumatic events that have occurred in your life overall. This type of memory belongs in the long term memory. |
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Long Term |
Definition: Memories that you have kept in your mind for a long time, and still do. |
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Iconic Memory |
Definition: This involves the memory of visual stimuli.q |
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Declarative Memory |
Definition: The memory of facts, data, and events. Often memory of things you are certain are true. |
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Echoic Memory |
Definition: This type of memory deals with stimuli in the form of audio. |
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Encoding |
Definition: The mental process of the initial learning of information. |
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Schemas |
Definition: A mental concept that informs a person about what to expect from a variety of experiences and situations. |
