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Psych Unit 6
Vocab From Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Encoding by use of repetition | Rehearsal |
| You remember things important to you | Meaningful encoding |
| Any kind of memory aid | Mnemonic device |
| encoding by grouping like things together | chunking |
| either iconic or echoic, visual | iconic |
| either iconic or echoic, auditory | echoic |
| why you cant remember the stuff from when you weren't paying attention | encoding failure |
| when you only pay attention to certain stimulants | selective attention |
| capacity of STM | 5-9 items |
| retrieval, vivid details | flashbulb memory |
| we gloss over the unimportant and can only recall important events | Rosy retrospection |
| why you do better on multiple choice tests | recognition |
| you remember things when you are in the same mood as when you experienced them | mood-congruent |
| giving a little info to get the rest | priming |
| you remember things in order | method of loci |
| Elizabeth lotus- memories can be influences | memory construction |
| memories are promoted by context | context effects |
| I've seen this all before | deja vu |
| get someone to remember something | retrieval cues |
| when memories are influenced by things heard or read etc | false memories |
| better to study over time, many days | spacing effect |
| first and last are best remembered | serial positioning effect |
| Freud, you cant cope w/ a memory | repression |
| first makes it hard to remember second | proactive interference |
| second makes it hard to remember first | retroactive |
| neuro connections weaken if not used | long-term potention |
| drinking this prevents encoding and storage | alcohol |
| the increased memory | epinephrine |
| this is responsible for new memories | hippocampus |
| this guy thought we learned as a reaction to a behavior | skinner |
| this guy thought nature gives u a tool kit | whorf |
| you gotta learn a language before puberty | critical period |
| the study of meaning | semantics |
| grammar | syntax |
| smallest part of word w/ meaning (can be a suffix) | morphemes |
| smallest sound in words | phonemes |
| all morphemes | lexicon |
| ex: i flyed the plane | overgeneralization |
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