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15 Cards in this Set
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Define:
SENSORY REGISTERS |
brain filters through which sensory information enters the brain and is sent to short-term memory
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Define:
Short-term memory |
the brain's temporary information storehouse in which information remains for a few seconds
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Long-term memory |
the brain's permanent information storehouse from which information can be retrieved.
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Mnemonic Devices |
memory techniques that use vavid associations and acronyms to link new information to what you already know.
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Acronym |
a word formed from the first letters of a series of words created to help you remember the series.
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What is Procedural Memory?
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How yo do things like ride a bike or drive.
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What is Declarative Memory?
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Memories of facts, ideas, for mulas.
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What is Episodic Memory?
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Memories of events linked to personal experience.
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The long-term memory has 3 seperate storage houses, what are they?
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Storage of procedural memory, storage of declarative memory, and storage of episodic memory.
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What is:
STORAGE OF PROCEDURAL MEMORY? |
This area stores information about procedures,or how to do things.
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What is:
STORAGE OF DECLARATIVE MEMORY? |
Memories of facts, concepts, and formulas are stored here. They are east to learn but also easy to forget.
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What is:
STORAGE OF EPISODIC MEMORY? |
Memories of events linked to personal experiences are stored here.
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Why do we forget things?
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Problems like head injuries and poor nutrition can cause memory problems, but the most common reason that information fails to stay in long-term memory is ineffective studying.
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What can short-term stress effect?
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can interfere with cell communication in the learning and memory regions of the brain. When stress eases, memory returns to normal.
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How does not enough sleep effect you?
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shortchanging your sleep during the week impairs your ability to remember and learn, even if you try to make up for it by sleeping all weekend.
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