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memory

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show memory that clearly and distinctly expresses (explicates) specific information  
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show memories of events experienced by a person or that take place in the person's presence  
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show general knowledge, as opposed to episodic memory  
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show memory that suggested (implied)but not plainly expressed ,as illustrated in the things that people do but not state clearly  
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show the activation of specific associations in memory, often as a result of repetition and without making a conscious effort to access the memory  
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retrospective memory   show
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prospective memory   show
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show modifying information so that it can be placed in memory; the first stage of information processing  
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show the maintenance of information over time; the second stage of information processing  
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maintenance rehearsal   show
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show the kind of coding in which new information is related to information that is already known  
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show the location of stored information and it's return to consciousness;the third stage of information processing  
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show the processes by which information is encoded,stored,and retrieved  
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show the type of stage of memory first encountered by a stimulus;sensory memory holds impressions briefly, but long enough so that series of perceptions are psychologically continuous  
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show an assumed change in the nervous system that reflects the impression made by a stimulus  
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show a mental representation of a visual stimulus that is held briefly in sensory memory  
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iconic memory   show
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eidetic imagery   show
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echo   show
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echoic memory   show
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short-term memory   show
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show another term for short-term memory  
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show the tendency to recall more accurately the first and last items in a series  
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chunk   show
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show in memory theory,to cause information to be lost from short-term memory by adding new information  
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echoic memory   show
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short-term memory   show
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show another term for short-term memory  
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serial- position effect   show
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show a stimulus or group of stimuli hat are perceived as a discreet piece of information  
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show in memory theory,to cause information to be lost from short-term memory by adding new information  
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show the type or stage of memory capable of relatively permanent storage  
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repression   show
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show a way of mentally representing the world, such as a belief or an expectation,that can influence perception of persons,objects, and situations  
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show the feeling that information is stored in memory although it can-not be readily retrieved  
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show information that is better retrieved in the context in which it was encoded and stored,or learned  
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show information that is better retrieved in the physiological or emotional state in which it was encoded and stored,or learned  
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show meaningless sets of two consonants with a vowel sandwiched in between which are used to study memory  
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paired associates   show
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method of savings   show
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show the difference between the number of repetitions of need learn a list and the number required to relearn the list after a given amount of time.  
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show The view that we may forget saved material because other material may interfere with it. (limited space, some is lost)  
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retroactive theory   show
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proactive theory   show
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dissociative amnesia   show
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infantile amnesia   show
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show A structure of the limbic system critical to the formation of new memories  
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show failure to remember events that occurred after a physical trauma because of a physical trauma (forget the rescue after a car accident)  
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retrograde amnesia   show
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show an assumed electrical circuit in the brain that corresponds to a memory trace or an assumed chemical change that accompanies learning. From the Greek: en=in and gram=recording  
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show enhanced efficiency and synaptic transmission that follows brief rapid stimulation  
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show the shaping or bogus or slanted memories by presenting misinformation (as in using leading questions)  
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