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20 Cards in this Set
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Forgetting Curve
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graphs retention and forgetting over time
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Retention
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proportion of material retained
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Recall
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measure of retention that requires subjects to reproduce information on their own without any cues
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Relearning
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measure of retention that requires a subject to memorize info a second time to determine how much time or how many practice trials are saved by having learned it before
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Decay Theory
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forgetting occurs because memory traces fade with time
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Interference Theory
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people forget info because of competition from other material
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Retroactive Interference
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occurs when new info impairs the retention of previously learned info
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Proactive Interference
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old info interferes with the new info
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Repression
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keeping distressing thoughts and feelings buried in the unconsciuos
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Long-Term Potentiation(LTP)
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long lasting increase in neural excitability at synapses along a specific neural pathway
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Retrograde Amnesia
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the loss of memories for events that occured prior to amnesia
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Anterograde Amnesia
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loss of memories for events that occur after amnesia
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Consolidation
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hypothetical process involving the gradual conversation of info into durable memory codes stored in long term memory
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Implicit Memory
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apparent when retention is exhibited on a task that doesnt requite intentional remembering
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Declarative Memory System
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handles factual info
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Nondeclarative/Procedural Memory System
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houses memories for actions skills operations and conditioned responses
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Episodic Memory System
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made up of chronological or temporally dated recollections of personal experiences
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Semantic Memory System
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contains general knowledge that is not tied to the time when the info was learned
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Prospective Memory
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remembering to perform actions in the future
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Retrospective Memory
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remembering events from the past or previously learned info
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