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Combining separate items of info into a larger unit or chunk and then remembering chunks of info rather than individual items
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Chunking
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When new info enters STM and pushes out information that is already there is called what?
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displacement
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Stores general knowledge, or objective facts and information
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Semantic Memory
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A part of declarative memory that stores the memory of the events of your life.
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Episodic Memory
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Repeating info so that it remains longer in STM
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Maintenance Role Rehearsal
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Making meaningful associations between new info that you wish to remember and old info already stores in LTM
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Elaborative Rehearsal
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Producing memory with retrieval cues
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Recognition
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Producing information from memory without retrieval cues
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Recall
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Information is easier to recall when a person is in the same emotional state they were in when they learned it.
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State Dependent Memory
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Critical area of the brain involved in processing long-term memory.
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Hippocampus
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part of our brain that adds emotion to our memory (hormones).
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Amygdala
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Vivid, detailed memories caused by traumatic or memorable events that an individual remembers in great detail years later.
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Flashbulb Memories
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Any disruption that prevents a long-term memory from forming causes....
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Consolidation Failure
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When new info enters STM and pushes out information that is already there?
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Displacement
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Limited duration for STM?
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30 seconds
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GARDNER'S EIGHT FORMS OF INTELLIGENCE
1.Uses language well in thinking and communication |
Linguistic
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2. Thinks logically and solve mathematical equations
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Logical Mathmatical
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3. Uses images that represent spatial relations
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Spatial
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4. Learns and execute physical movements
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Bodily kinesthetic
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5. Sensitivity to pitch, rhythm, and other musical elements
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Musical
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6.Engages in effective social relationships
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Interpersonal
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7.The ability to understand oneself. ?
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Intrapersonal ?
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8. Identifies patterns in nature and how objects fit into them.
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Naturalist
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9. Seeks answers to the deep questions of life.
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Existential
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6.Engages in effective social relationships
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Interpersonal
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Expectations about certain groups can significantly affect test scores.
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Stereotype Threats and Self fulfilling prophecy
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7.The ability to understand oneself. ?
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Intrapersonal ?
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8. Identifies patterns in nature and how objects fit into them.
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Naturalist
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9. Seeks answers to the deep questions of life.
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Existential
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Expectations about certain groups can significantly affect test scores.
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Stereotype Threats and Self fulfilling prophecy
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You form a concept of an object, event, animal, or person by making a mental list of the features of that particular thing.
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Definition Theory
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You form a concept by creating a mental image thats based on the average characteristics of an object.
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Prototype Theory
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the set of properties we associate with a class of objects, events, ect..
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Concepts
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Assigning an object to a concept. Divided the world into manageable units.
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Categorization
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To identify a new ojbect you match it to one of your already formed __________ of objects, people, or animals.
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Prototypes
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states that concepts can be represented by individual examples that are stored in memory from personal experiences.
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Exemplar theory
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The highest, most general level is called the...
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Superordinate category
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The most specific level of the hierarchy is called the...
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subordinate category
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The intermediate level of the hierarchy is called the...
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basic-level category
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the failure to use familiar objects in novel ways to solve problems.
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Functional fixedness
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How to overcome functional fixedness
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Use Analogies
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The current position is compared with a desired goal, and a series of steps is formulated and then taken to close the gap between the two.
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Means-end analysis
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Applying a solution used for a past problem to a current problem that shares many similar features.
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Analogy heuristic
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Stream of sentences we "hear in our mind"
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Propositional Thought
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Visual mental images we "see in our mind"
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Imaginal Thought
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Sequences of motive movements
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Motor Thought
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Some animals do not change word order to vary meaning...what is this?
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Lack of syntax
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when speech sounds are combined into the smallest units of meaning..
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Morphemes
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the study of meaning..
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semantics
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Sounds that help distinguish meaning in a language.
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phonemes
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when new info enters STM and pushes out information that is already there.
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displacement
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