Vce Psychology Unit 3 Outcome 2 Pt 2 Cards

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Semantic memory

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Long-term explicit memory of facts and knowledge about the world

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Implicit memory

Back 2

Memory that does not require conscious or intentional retrieval

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Procedural memory

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Long-term implicit memory of motor skills and actions that have been learnt previously

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Cerebral cortex

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Outer layer of the brain involved in complex mental abilities, sensory processing and voluntary behaviours

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Retrieval method

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Method of retrieving information from memory

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Recall

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Reproducing information stored in memory

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Free recall

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Reproducing information from memory in any order, without the assistence of any cue

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Serial recall

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Reproducing information from memory in the order in which it was learned

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Cued recall

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Reproducing information from memory by using a prompt to assist retrieval

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Retrieval cue

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Any stimulus that assist the processing of locating and recovery information stored in memory

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State dependent cue

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A prompt for memory retrieval based on an individual's internal psychological and/or psychological state at the time the required memory was formed

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Context dependent cue

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A prompt for memory retrieval based on environmental factors in the specific situation in which the required memory was originally formed

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Recognition

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In relation to memory, retrieval identifying the original, learnt information

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Relearning

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Learning information again that has been previously learned and therefore stored in long-term memory; also called savings

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Serial position effect

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A research finding that free recall is better for items at the beginning and end of a list then for items in the middle of the list

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Cerebellum

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The cauliflower structure located in the base of the brain

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Special memory

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Explicit memory for the physical location of objects in space that enables us to navigate from place to place and to learn and remember locations

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Reconstructive memory

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Most evident when we retrieve an episodic memory of a specific event for which we can't recall or uncertain about some of the details

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Leading question

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A question that has content or is phrased in such a way as to suggest that what answer is desired or to lead to the design answer

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Eye-witness testimony

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Any first hand account given by individual of it event they have seen

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Amnesia

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Loss of memory that is inconsistent with ordinary forgetting

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Neurodegenerative disease

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A disorder characterised by a progressive decline in the structure, activity and function of brain tissue

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Brain trauma

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Any brain injury that impairs to normal functioning of the brain, either temporarily or permanently

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Reconstruction

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Combining stored information with other available information to form what is believed to be a more coherent, complete or accurate memory

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Primacy effect

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The serial position effect of superior recall for items at the beginning of a list

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Recency effect

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The serial position effect of superior recall for items at the end of the list

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Alzheimer's disease

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A type of dementia is characterised by gradual widespread degeneration of brain neurons, progressively causing memory decline, deterioration of cognitive and social skills and personality changes