Ap Psychology Exam Unit 7A

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Encoding

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The processing of information into the memory system- for example, by extracting meaning

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Storage

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The retention of encoded information over time

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Retrieval

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The process of getting information out of memory storage

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Short-Term Memory

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Activated memory that holds a few items briefly, such as the seven digits of a phone number while dialing, before the information is stored or forgotten

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Serial Position Effect

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Our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list

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Mnemonic Devices

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Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices

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Flashbulb Memory

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A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event

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Implicit Memory/ Procedural

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Retention without conscious recollections (skills), like how to tie shoes

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Explicit Memory/ Declarative

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Memory of facts and experiences, like knowing the functions of the parts of the brain
SPLIT UP INTO SEMANTIC AND EPISODIC

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Semantic Memory

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Memorization of facts

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Episodic Memory

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Memorization of events

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Recall

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A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test

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Recognition

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A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test

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Proactive Interference

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The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information

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Retroactive Interference

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The disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information

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Ebbinghaus Curve

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Shows that information fades quickly, then levels out

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TOT

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When the information is there but the brain is having trouble recalling or recognizing the information

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Context-Dependent Memory

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We are more likely to remember something if we learn it in the same context. For example, you will likely do better on a psychology test if you take it in the room where you learned it

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State-Dependent Memory

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We are more likely to remember something if we are in the same psychological state (Happy, Sad, Etc...) that we were when we learned it

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Method of Loci

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A memory technique using location

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Dissociative Amnesia

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Forgetting what happen which stems from a psychological trauma

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Infantile Amnesia

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Inability to recall events that happen prior to age 2 or 3

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Anterograde Amnesia

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Loss of memories for events that occur after the onset of amnesia

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Retrograde Amnesia

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Loss of memories that occurred prior to the onset of amnesia