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memory

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explicit memory   show
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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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semantic memory   show
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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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encoding   show
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storage   show
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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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retrieval   show
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show the processes by which information is encoded,stored,and retrieved  
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sensory memory   show
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show an assumed change in the nervous system that reflects the impression made by a stimulus  
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icon   show
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iconic memory   show
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show the maintenance of detailed visual memories over several minutes  
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echo   show
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show the sensory register that briefly holds mental representations of auditory stimuli  
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show the type or stage of memory that can hold information for up to a minute or so after the trace of the stimulus decays  
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working memory   show
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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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displace   show
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echoic memory   show
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short-term memory   show
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working memory   show
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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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Long-term memory   show
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show in Freud's psycho-dynamic theory,the ejection of anxiety- evoking ideas from conscious awareness  
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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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tip of the tongue(tot) phenomenon   show
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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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show nonsense syllables presented in pairs used to test recall  
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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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show Loss of memory of personal information thought to come from psychological conflict or trauma  
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show Inability to recall events before the age of 3 (also called childhood amnesia)  
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hippocampus   show
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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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engram   show
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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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