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psych chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Memory | retention of information |
| memory illusion | remembering something that didn't happen |
| sensory memory | brief storage of perceptual info before it is passed to short term memory or discarded |
| short-term memory | retains information for limited duration |
| decay | info simply fades over time |
| interference | loss of info due to competing with new/old memories |
| primary effect | tendency to remember stimuli presented earliest |
| recency effect | tendency to remember stimuli that presented most recently |
| long term memory | relatively enduring storage with seemingly infinite capacity for information units |
| recall | generating info learned (essay, fill-in-the-blank, recite from memory) |
| recognition | identifying info learned (multiple-choice, matching, true/false) |
| relearning | measures amount of "savings" how quickly can info be re-acquired if exposed before |
| encoding | getting information into memory |
| storage | keeping information in memory |
| retrieval | activating/construing info from memory |
| schema's | network style structure organizing memory; ties info together in themes |
| explicit memory | memories recalled intentionally (episodic and semantic) |
| implicit memory | memories shown to be remembered (procedural, priming, conditioning, and habituation) |
| semantic memory | knowledge of facts, definitions, meanings, static info |
| episodic memory | memory of events/ experiences in our lives |
| collective memory | group or cultural memories shared by people (info of places, events, stories) |
| Implicit memory | variety of memory recalled passively, info is implied or shown to be known/present |
| procedural memory | info about how to do things, sequences or motor movements; combined skills; involves use of facts (tying your shoes) |
| retroactive interference | when new learning blocks old info |
| proactive interference | when earlier learning blocks new info |
| retrograde amnesia | loss of old memories |
| anterograde amnesia | loss of memory creation |
| Schemata-Based False Memories | memory for template-fitting info, even if actually absent |
| misinformation effect | memory error caused by exposure to inaccuracies in between the event itself and the later task of recall |
| false memories by implantation | detailed memories for events which never occurred, implanted by experimenters, therapists, or other sources based on suggestion and leading |
| flashbulb memory | highly vivid memory of significant experience (first kiss, hearing about 9/11) |
| chunking | organizing info into meaningful soup |
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