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Kalats def of memory |
The retention of information free |
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Free recall |
A simple method for the researcher ( though not for the person tested)
Recall= to produce a response as you do on essay test or short answer test. |
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Cued call |
Makes accuracy improve, in which you receive significant hints about the material. |
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Recognition |
A third method of testing memory, someone chooses the correct item among several options. |
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What’s the difference between explicit (or direct) and implicit (or indirect) and procedural and declarative memory? |
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Explicit (direct memory) |
Free recall, cued recall, recognition,& savings are tests of this. |
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Implicit memory (or indirect) |
An experience influences what you say or do even though you might be aware of the influence. |
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Procedural memories |
Memories of how to do something such as walking or eating with chopsticks, are a special kind of implicit memories. |
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Declarative memories |
Memories we can readily state in words. |
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Information-processing model |
Compares human memory to that of a computer: info. That enters the system is processed, coded, and stored. |
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Short term memory |
Temporary storage of recent events. |
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Long term memory |
A relatively permanent store. |
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Semantic memory |
Is memory of principles and facts, like what taught in school. |
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Episodic memory |
Is memory for specific events in your life. |
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Chunking |
Grouping items into meaningful sequences or clusters. |
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Working memory |
A system for working with current information. |
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Executive functioning |
Governs shifts of attention. |
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3 aspects of memory |
Encoding, storage, and retrieval |
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Retrieval cues |
If form many associations, many possible reminders…CAN PROMPT YOUR MEMORY LATER. |
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What’s a mnemonic device? |
Is any memory aid based on encoding items in a special way. |
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Proactive interference |
The old materials increase forgetting of new materials by this. (Acting forward in time) |
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Retroactive interference |
The new materials increase forgetting of old materials. |
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Recovered memories |
Reports of long lost memories, prompted by clinical techniques. |
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Repression |
The process of moving an unacceptable memory or impulse from the conscious mind to the unconscious mind. |
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False memory |
An inaccurate report that someone believes to be a memory. |
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Amnesia |
A loss of memory. |
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Anterograde amnesia |
Inability to store a new long term memories. |
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Retrograde amnesia |
Loss of memory for events that occurred shortly before the brain damage. |
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Infant (or childhood) amnesia: |
The scarcity of early episodic memories. |
