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Memoryfinal
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Encoding | the processing of getting information into the memory system |
| storage | the retention of encoded information over time |
| retrieval | the process of getting information out of memory storage |
| overlearning | Continuing to rehearse information even after it has been memorized |
| Serial postion effect | Our tendency to recall best the last and first items on a list |
| Spacing effect | the tendency for distributed study or practice to more effective in leading retention |
| Primary effect | ability to remember things in the beginning |
| recency effect | ability to remember things at the end |
| distributed rehearsal | spreading practice over several times |
| massed rehearsal | practice in one sitting |
| semantic encoding | the encoding of meaning |
| visual encoding | is the use of imagery to process information into memory. |
| encoding imagery | Vivid or unusual images are the most memorable and allow us to remember our best and worst moments; 'Rosy retrospection:' people tend to recall events more positively than they evaluated them at the time |
| mnemonic device | a trick to remember things |
| method of loci | A mnemonic device that associates things with images |
| peg-word system | mnemonic device that uses riymes to remember items |
| chunking | puting information into units |
| sensory memory | the coding of sensory information into the memory system |
| iconic store | Holds visual information for very short periods of time. |
| acoustic store | remembering sounds |
| short-term memory | holds information for a short time then it gets lost |
| working memory | another word for short term memory |
| the "magic number | 7 +/- 2 |
| long-term memory | holds information permantly |
| flash-bulb memory | a significant event that is vividly remembered |
| long-term potention | learning and memory stimulate neurons to release chemicals |
| explicit memory | recalling of facts and experences |
| implicit memory | memory of skills such as walking |
| recall | measure of memory of information learned as on a fill-in-the blank test |
| recognition | measure of memory that is identified as on a multiple choice test |
| context effect | able to remember things because you are in an environment similar to which you learned that informaton |
| state dependant memory | ability to retrieve information when you are in the same physical and emotional state |
| mood-congruent memory | ability to retrieve information based on your mood. If you are happy when you get the information |
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