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Chapter 9

Unit 4

TermDefinition
Sensory Moment brain gets sensory info
Encoding Filter/interpret info
Iconic Visual info
Echoic auditory info
working memory extended time, keep thinking
Short-term memory 7 +/-2 items brain can hold; 20 seconds
Long term memory permanent
Procedural Physical repeated tasks, very easy to retrieve
Repressed not easy to retrieve, traumatic memories
Episodic Easy to retrieve; significant to you
Semantic facts, figures, not too easy to retrieve, but are there
Recognition with priming
recall without priming
Priming trigger that assists memory
Retrospective Retrieving info in relation to something in the past
Prospective retrieving info in relation to future events
Reconstruction memory is retrieved in parts reasonable
Confabulation effect info added into reconstruction that turns out to be false
Eidetic Photographic memory, retrieval of info that is visual
Absentmindedness memory retrieval difficulty due to lack of storage
Transience Memory retrieval difficulty due to decay
Amnesia Permanent memory loss due to brain damage
Retrograde amnesia memory loss of prior info
anterograde memory loss of info after damage
Repression memory retrieval difficulty due to traumatic event
Blocking Retrieve wrong memory
Proactive previously stored piece of info is retrieved instead of wanted info
Retroactive Recently stored piece of info retrieved instead of wanted info
Chunking Large piece of info logically grouped
Spacing effect taking short breaks
Similarity Avoidance prevent processing like info consecutively
Created by: maechtlesarah
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