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15 Cards in this Set
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Memory
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the persistence of learning over time via the storage and retrieval of information
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Flashbulb memory
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an unusually vivid memory of an emotionaly important moment in one's life
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Encoding
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the first stem in memory; information is translated into some form that enables it to enter our memory system
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Storage
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the passive process by whcih encoded information is maintained over time
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Retrieval
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the rpocess of bringing to consciousness informatin from memroy storage
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Sensory memory
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the immediate, inital recording of sensory information in the memory system
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Short-term memory
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conscious memory, which can hold about seven items for a short time; also called working memory
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Long-term memory
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the relatively permanent and unlimited capacity memory system into which information form short0term memroy may pass
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Automatic processing
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refers to our unconsicous encoding of incidental information such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned information
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Effortful processing
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encoding that requries attention and some degree of conscious effort
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Rehearsal
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the conscious, effortful repetition of information that you are tryinhg either to maintain in consciousness or to encode for stoarage
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Spacing effect
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the tendency for distributed practice to yeld better long-term retention than massed practice, or cramming
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Serial position effect
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the tendency for items at the beginning and end of a list to be more easily retained than those in the middle
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Semantic encoding
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the processing of inromation into memory according to its meaning
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Acoustic encoding
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the processing of information into memory according to its sound
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