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Chapter 9
Unit 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |