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The mental system for recieving,encoding,storing,organizing, altering, and retrieving information.
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The mental system for recieving,encoding,storing,organizing, altering, and retrieving information. Memory
What are the three processes of memory? encoding,storage,retrieval
Converting information into a form in which it will be retained in memory. Encoding
Holding information in memory for later use. Storage
Recovering information from storage in memory. Retrieval
What are the three STAGES of memory? Sensory memory,short-term memory,long-term memory.
The first normally unconcious stage of memory which holds an exact record of incoming information for a few seconds or less. Sensory Memory
The memory system used to hold small amounts of information in our concious awareness for about a dozen seconds. Short Term Memory (STM)
The memory system used for relatively permanent storage of meaningful information. Long Term Memory (LTM)
What are the properties of sensory memory? Ionic memories,echoic memory.
Visual sensory images Ionic Memories
A brief continuation of sensory activity in the auditory system after a sud is heard. Echoic Memory
How long does sensory memory hold information? Just long enough for it to be retrieved and encoded into short term memory.
Explain short term memory. Stores small amounts of information. They can be encoded as images, but ore often encoded by sound.If interupted you may not remember for example a phone number.
Another name for short term memory,especially as it is used for thinking and roblem solving. Working Memory
Explan long term memory. The lasting storehouse for knowledge. It is ncoded on the basis of meaning. American culture emphasizes individuals, whereas chinese culture emphasizes membership.
Grouping letters together to reorganize information. Chunking
Silently repeating or mentally reviewing information to hold it in short term memory. Maintenance Rehearsal
Learning by simple repitition. Rote Rehearsal(rote learning)
Memories that seem accurate but are not. Brain stimulation produces memory-like eperiences. Pseudo-memories
How are long term memories organized? Information may be arranged according to rules,images,categories,symbols,and so on.
A model of memory that views it as an organized system of linked information. Network Model
Process by which memories are reconstructed or expanded by starting with one memory and hen following chains of related meanings. Redintegration
long term memories of conitioned responses and learned skills. Procedural Memory
The part of long term memory containing specific factual information. Declarative Memory
The feeling that a memory is available but not quite retrievable. Tip-of-Tongue State
The feeling that you have already experienced a situation that you are actually experiencing for the first time. Deja vu
To supply or reproduce memorized information with a minimum of external cues. Recall
The tendency to make the most errors in remembering the middle items of an ordered list. Serial Position Effect
An ability to correctly identify previously learned information. Recognition
False items included with an item to be recognized. Distractors
Learning again something that was previoiusly learned. Used to measure memory of prior learning. Relearning
Failure to store sufficent informationto form useful memory. Encoding Failure
The fading or weakening of memories assumed to occur when memory traces become weaker. Memory Decay
Theory that memory traces weaken when memories are nor periodically used or retrieved. Disuse
Retrieval cues are missing when the time comes to retrieve information. Cue Dependent Forgetting
Memory influenced by one's bodily state at the time of learning and at the time of retrieval.Improved memories occur when bodily states match. State Dependent Learning
The tendency for new memories to impair retrieval of older memories,and the reverse. Interference
Mastery of one task aids learning or performing another. Positive Transfer
Mastery of one task conflicts with learning or performing another. Negative Transfer
Unconciously pushing unwanted memories out of awareness. Repression
To easily create false memories. False Memory Syndrome
Explain how intense emotions affect one's memory. Powerfully exciting or stressful experiences activate the limbic system,the part of the brain that processes emotions.
Memory created at times of high emotion that seem especially vivid. flashbulb Memory
When you look for connections to existing knowledge. Elaborative Processing
Any kind of memory system or aid. Mnemonic
Wwhat are the four basic principles using mnemonics? Make things meaningful,Make information Familiar,use mental pictures,form unusual associations.
What are three techniques for using mnemonics to remember things in order? Form a story chain,take a mental walk,use a system.
A fleeting visual image that remains for about half a second after the original stimulus is gone. Icon
Information is transferred from sensory memory to_____by means of__________. Long-term memory;rehearsal
What is FALSE about short term memory? It is insensitive to interference.
Loftus and Palmer have shown that memories are what? At times updated,changed,or revised.
Ebbinghaus foud that forgetting nonsense syllables was greatest when? Shortly after learning.
The fading memories are also referred as what? Memory Decay
What is false about flashbulb memories? They are usually accurate.
What part of the brain seems responsible for the formation of permanent memories? Hippocampus
___amnesia involves forgetting the events which followed an injury or trauma. Anterograde
Eidetic imagery is what? projected onto a blank surface,retained for at least 30 seconds, and an ability more commonly found in children.
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