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Cog. Psy test 2 5-8

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memory   the processes involved in retaining, retrieving, and using information about stimuli, images, events, and ideas  
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modal model   contains a number of stages, sensory memory, STM, and LTM  
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sensory memory   an initial stage that holds information for seconds. Bottom up processing  
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STM   holds info for 15-30, limited by time and storage  
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LTM   holds info for decades  
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persistence of vision   retention of the perception of light in your mind. Laser, or sparkler  
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echoic memory   last for a few seconds after presentation of original stimuli (Persistence of sound)  
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iconic memory   corresponds to the sensory memory stage. Brief sensory memory for a visual stimuli  
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serial position curve   indicates that memory is better for words at the beginning and the end of the list  
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coding   refers to the way information is represented  
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visual coding   remembering what something looks like. Mental image  
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phonological coding   remembering sound. Most common type of coding  
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semantic coding   Remember what someone was talking about. Meaning  
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H.M   showed that the hippocampus was important for LTM  
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good STM bad LTM   H.M  
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good LTM bad STM   K.F  
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Chunking   samll units (like words) can be combined into larger meaningful units, like phrases or sentences. STM  
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Chunk   a collection of elements that are strongly associated with one another. EX. noise ass. with crowd. Noise is not ass. with room or film  
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working memory   limited capacity for temp. storage and manipulationg for complex tasks such as comphrension, learing, and reasoning  
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three components of working memory   phonological loop, visualspatial sketch pad, and central executive  
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phonological loop   holds verabl and auditory information. Ex. remembering a telephone #. Contains the storage and rehearsal  
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visualspatial sketch pad   solving a puzzle, or forming a picture in your mind.  
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central executive   Coordinates the activity of the working memory  
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three ideas that support the idea of a system specialized for language   phonological similiarity effect, word length effect, and articulatory suppression  
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phonological similarity effect   occurs when letters or words that sound similar are confused. EX. Remember mac, can, cap, man, map. These words are sound similar, therfore harder to rem.  
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word-length effect   memory is better for a list of short words than for long words  
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articulatory suppression   trying ot remember numbers and someone behind you starts to repeat "the, the, the" It prevents rehearsal in the phonological loop  
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working memory has trouble handling _____ types of info. that are presented simultaneously   similar  
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prefrontal cortex   inpus from the sensory areas, which are involved in processing incoming visual and auditory information  
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delayed-response task   req. a monkey to hold info. in working memory during a delay period.  
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supports the idea that the prefrontal cortex is important for holding information for brief periods of time   delayed response task  
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Declaritive memory   is our conscious recollections of events or facts  
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episodic memory   memory for specific events. wedding  
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semantic memory   facts and knowledge about the world that is not tied to any specific personal experience. Your ABC  
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Implicit memory   memory that occurs when a poast experience influences behavior, but we are not aware of the experience that is influencing behavior.  
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priming effects   stimuli affecting your memory without you realizing it.  
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procedural memory   typing, writing. our memory for how to carry out highly practiced skills  
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encoding   process of aquiring information and transforming it into memory  
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maintenance rehearsal   not effective in transferring into LTM. EX. repeating number out of phone book  
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type oh phonlogical loop   maintencance rehearsal  
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elaborative rehearsal   occurs when you think about the meaning of an item and make connection between the item and something you know. Good at est. LTM, attaches meaning  
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levels of processing (LOP)   memory depends on how information is encoded  
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shallow processing   little attention to meaning. Occurs if attention is focused oh physical features  
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deep proccessing   close attention. focusing on an items meaning and relating it to something else  
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self-reference effect   memory is better if you are asked to relate a word to yourself.  
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particpants were three time more likely to remember words that they rated as describing themselves   self-reference effect  
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retrieval cues   the close link between how information is encoded and our ability to retrieve it later  
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retrieval cues   organizing information into catagories,  
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memory is represented by changes in synapse   (blank)  
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long term potentiation   strengthening of connection between neurons. changes in neurons and synapses-- increased firing leads to a structural changes which allow for easier firing  
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consolidation   strenthening of neurons in the brain, making them more permanent  
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consolidation is goverend by   hippocampus  
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episodic memory needs the   hippocampus  
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Medial temporal lobe   damage causes memory loss, but not as sever. important to LTM  
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more activity in the MTL =   a greater incoding ability  
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retrieval cues   catagories help, same person  
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transfer appropriate processing   deeper processing does not always lead to better memory.  
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transfer appropriate processing   memory performance is enhanced if the type of encoding that occurs during acquisition matches the type of retrieval that occurs during the memory test  
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ex. of Transfer app. processing   semantic-aqusition, rhyming-test condintion, rhyming-aqusition, rhyming-test condition  
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encoding specificity   we learn information together with its context. Same place as encoding and same place as retrieval  
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state-dependent learning   memory is best if a person is in the same state for encoding and retrieval. Silent, cold, loud, happy)  
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State-dependent learning ( supported studies)   underwater/land recall  
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continuous music technique   particpants are asked to think positive/negative thoughts while listening to a certain type of music. Mood effects test.  
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autobiograhpical memory   the events that make up our life stories are episodic memories  
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event specific knowledge   consists of individual events that happen on a timescale of minutes or hours.  
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A description of your first day at college   event specific knowlege  
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things that happen over days, weeks, or, months. welcome week   general events  
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span over many years. college years   lifetiem periods  
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the enhanced memory for adolescence and young adulthood that can be demonstrated in people over 40   reminiscene bump  
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two explanations for reminiscence bump   life-narrative hypothesis, and cognitive hypothesis  
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life narrative hypothesis   people assume their life identities during that period of time  
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cognitive hypothesis   encoding is better during periods of rapid change that are followed by staility (My move to sarasota from lakeland)  
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flashbulb memories   vivid memories for emotionally powerful events. 911, challanger  
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some people suggest that we dont remember flashbulb memories because of special mechanism but because we rehearse these events after they occure called   narrative rehearsal hypothesis  
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suggest our memories decay just like regular memories   narrative rehearsal hypothesis  
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peoples belief in the accuracy of their memory remains high, the fact their confidence increases with time   narrative rehearsal hypothesis  
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constructive approach to memory   the mind contructs memories based on a number of sources of information  
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War of Ghost   the story was transformed to represent the participants culture. One of the first people to use repeated introduction techinique  
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Grades remember better A than D   support the constructive approach to memory (many factors effect memory)  
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source monitoring   we retrieve the memory first and then use a decision process to determine where the memory cam from  
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source misattribution   we attribute something we remember to the wrong source.  
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source misattrinution examples   nonfamous names  
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false memories   hammer/pounding test, baseball scenario  
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schema   the knowledge of what is involved in a particular experience-- college, work  
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script   type of schema, our conception of what an experience is like.  
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dentist office where people rem. seeing books but there werent any   sows how knowledge can affect memory  
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