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29 Cards in this Set
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Memory (Kalat's def) |
Retention of information |
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Free recall |
Describing what you remember, as you do on essay tests |
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Cued recall |
Method to test memory by providing significant hints about the material |
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Recognition |
Method of testing memory by asking someone to choose the correct item among options |
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Savings method (aka relearning method) |
Detects weak memories by comparing the speed of original learning to the speed of relearning |
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Explicit (direct) memory |
A memory that someone can state, recognizing it as a memory |
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Implicit (indirect) method |
An influence of some experience on what you say or do even though you might not be aware of the influence |
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Procedural memory |
Memory of how to do something |
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Declarative memory |
Memory we can readily state in words |
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Information-processing model |
Concept that information enters a system that in turn processes, codes, and stores it |
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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 |
Memory of principles and facts |
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Episodic memory |
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 |
Reminders |
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Mnemonic device |
Any memory aid based on encoding items in a specifical way |
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Proactive interference |
Old materials increase forgetting of new material (acting forward in time) |
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Retroactive interference |
New materials increase forgetting of old material (acting backward) |
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Recovered memories |
Report of a long-lost memory, prompted by clinical techniques |
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False memory |
Inaccurate report that someone believes to be a memory |
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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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Amnesia |
Loss of memory |
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Anterograde amnesia |
Inability to store 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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Early childhood amnesia (infantile amnesia) |
Scarcity of early episodic memories |
