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18 Cards in this Set
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sensory memory
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-holds information just long enough for it to be processed further
-associated with the senses |
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working memory
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- also called short term memory
-stage at which further processing is carried out to make info ready fo rlong term storage -holds limited amount of info and for limited amount of time |
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long-term memory
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-permanent storehouse of information
-once information is processed in long term memory it can never be fully lost |
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selective attention
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abililty to process some information whiel ignoring other information
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automaticity
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when tasks are overlearned or sources of information became habitual
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patttrn recognition
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environmental stimuli are recognized as exemplars of concepts and princicples already in memory
- when you match incomming information to the appropriate template in your memory |
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feature analysis
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distinctive, specific features are stored in your memory
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chunking
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working memory capacity may be increased through creating larger bits
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encoding
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making things meaningful, relating them to concepts or ideas already in memory
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episodic memory
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memory for specific eventsq
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semantic memory
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all general information stored in the memory
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Network Model of LTM
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suggests that memory is stored in interconnected hierarchies
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Feature Comparison Models of LTM
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things in the memory are organized by sets of defining features
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ACT
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model by John R. Anderson, distinguished between procedural and declarative knowledge
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Parallel Distributed Processing
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cognitive operations occur simultaneously as opposed to sequentially
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encoding specifity
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whatever cues used by a learner to facilitate encoidng wil aso serve as the best retrieval cues
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why do we forget things?
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1. failure to encode
2. failure to retrieve 3. interverence |
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metacognition
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one's awareness of thinking and the self-regulatory business.
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