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unit 7
ap psychology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| flashbulb memory | a clearn memory of an emotionally significant event |
| encoding | changing the info into storable content |
| storage | placing info into a storage spot for use later |
| retrieval | getting the info out of storage |
| ebbinghaus | the more time we spend of learning info the longer we remember it |
| serial position effect | tendency to recall the first and last items of a list |
| primary effect | tendency to recall the first terms of list |
| recency effect | tendency to recall the last terms of list |
| mnemonic devices | ways of remembering info by using creative memory techniques |
| chunking | putting many numbers into parts |
| sensory memory | the immediate, very brief recording of sensory info |
| iconic | visual info/memory |
| echoic | auditory info/memory |
| short term memory | temporary memory storage |
| long term memory | an almost endless amount of storage ability |
| implicit | memory of the procedure |
| explicit | memory of facts |
| anterograde amnesia | inability to make new memories, can remember old memories |
| retrograd amnesia | inability to remember memories prior to accident |
| source amnesia | inability to remember who told you a memory |
| infantile amnesia | inability to remember anything before the age of 3 |
| recall | retrieval of info already learned |
| recognition | identify info already learned |
| proactive interference | old info interferes with new info |
| retroactive interference | new info interferes with old info |
| repression | pushing a memory to the back of the mind |
| representative heruistics | juding the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to represent/match a particular prototype |
| available heruistics | estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory |
| functional fixedness | the inability to see the different uses of an object |
| babbling stage | the stage of speech development in which an infant utters various sounds at first unrelated to the house hold language |
| one word stage | the stage of speech development during which a child speaks mostly in single words (1-2 years old) |
| two word stage | child speaks mostly in two word statements (2 years old) |
| telegraphic stage | early speech stage in which a child speaks like a telegram |
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