Chapter 9 Memory

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Memory

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Learning with storage and retrieval

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Flashbulb Memory

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Emotionally significant memory

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Encoding

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Processing info into memory system

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Storage

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Retention of encoded info over time

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Retrieval

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Getting info from storage

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Sensory Memory

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Immediate recording of sensory info

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Short-Term Memory

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Briefly holds a few items

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Long-Term Memory

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Relatively permanent and limitless memory storehouse

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Working Memory

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Conscious, active processing of info

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Automatic Processing

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Unconscious encoding of incidental info

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Effortful Processing

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Encoding requiring attention/ conscious effort

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Rehearsal

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Conscious repetition of info

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Spacing Effect

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Distributed study is better than massed study

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Serial Position Effect

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Recall the first and last best

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Visual Encoding

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Encoding pictures or images

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Acoustic Encoding

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Encoding sound, especially of wods

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Semantic Encoding

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Encoding of meaning, especially of words

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Imagery

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Mental pictures

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Mnemonics

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Memory aids. Vivid images/ organization devices

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Chunking

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Organizing info into familiar, manageable units

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Iconic Memory

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Momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli

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Echoic Memory

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Momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli

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Long-Term Processing

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Neural basis for learning and memory

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Amnesia

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The loss of memory

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Implicit Memory

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Retention independent of conscious recollection

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Explicit Memory

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Facts and experiences consciously known and declared

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Hippocampus

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Limbic system. Helps process memories for storage

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Recall

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Retrieving earlier info (fill-in-the-blank)

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Relearning

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Assess amount of time saved when learning 2nd time

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Recognition

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Only identify previous items (multiple choice)

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Priming

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Unconscious activation of associations in memory

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Déjà vu

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Subconscious triggering of earlier experiences

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Mood-Congruent Memory

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Tendency to remember memories matching your current mood

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Proactive Interference

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Old info interrupts new into

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Retroactive Interference

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New info interrupts old info

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Repression

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Banishing bad memories/feelings/thoughts

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Misinformation Effect

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Incorporating misleading info into memory

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Source Amnesia

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Giving wrong credit in experiences