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Intro to Psych Ch. 7

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Sensory Memory   The part of memory that holds information in its original sensory form for a very brief period of time, usually about 1/2 a second or less  
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Short-Term   The part of memory that temporarily stores a limited amount of information before it is either transferred to long-term storage or forgotten  
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Working Memory   The part of the memory required to attend to and solve a problem at hand; often used interchangeably with short- term memory  
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How Short-Term Memory Works   3 distinct processes attends to stimulus (Focus on the task at hand and develop a plan) Storing info about the stimulus (Taken in & sent to temporary storage) Phonological loop Visuospatial sketchpad Episodic buffer  
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The Serial Position Effect   When learning a list of items, it is easier to recall the items as the beginning and end of the list  
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Long-Term Memory   The part of memory that has the capacity to store a vast amount of info for as little as 30 sec or your entire lifetime  
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Types of Long-Term Memory   Implicit memory (How to ride a bike) Explicit (Where you left your car keys)  
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Implicit Memory   Memory made up of knowledge based on previous experience Able to recall automatically Contains procedural memory and priming Retrieved without effort  
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Explicit Memory   Knowledge that consists of the conscious recall of facts and events Requires effort in order to be retrieved  
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Stages in Long-Term Memory   Encoding Consolidation Storage Retrieval  
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Encoding   Process by which the brain attends to, takes in, and integrates new information Attention drives the encoding process (automatic or effortful)  
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Consolidation   Process of establishing, stabilizing, or solidifying a memory proteins are created for long-term memory information Sleep plays a huge role in this process  
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Amnesia   Memory Loss Caused by Brain Injury and Disease  
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Absent-mindedness   Forgetfulness due to inattention  
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Anterograde amnesia   Inability to remember events that occur after an injury or the onset of a disease  
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Blocking   The inability to retrieve some information once it is stored  
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Chunking   Grouping things together 4738291827 ---> (473)- 829- 1827  
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Episodic memory   Recalls the experiences we have had  
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False memories   Memories for events that never happened, but were suggested by someone or something  
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Interference   Disruption of memory because other information competes with information we are trying to recall  
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Memory   The ability to store and use information; also to store what has been learned and memories  
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Mnemonic device   Used to remember things ROY G. BIV --> Used to remember the colors of the rainbow Creates visual or mental stroll to recall information  
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Priming   Implicit memory that occurs when recall is improved by prior exposure to the same or similar stimuli  
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Proactive interference   Disruption on memory because previously learned information interferes with the learning of new information  
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Procedural memory   Implicit knowledge for almost any behavior or physical skill we have learned  
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Recovered memory   Memory from a real event that was encoded, stored but not retrieved for a long period of time until some later event brings it to consciousness  
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Rehearsal   Cognitive process in which information is repeated over and over as a possible way of learning and remembering it  
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Repression   Unconscious act of keeping threatening thoughts, feelings or impulses out of consciousness  
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Retrieval   The recovery of information stored in memory The ease of retrieval and the time frame over which we can recall is determined by the previous stages of memory  
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Retroactive interference   Disruption of memory because new experiences or information causes people to forget previously learned experiences or information  
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Retrograde amnesia   Inability to recall events or experiences that happened before the onset of disease or injury  
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Schemas   Mental frameworks that develop from our experiences with particular people, objects, or events  
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Semantic memory   Recalls facts and general knowledge  
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Storage   Keeping memories or information in your brain  
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Three-stage model of memory   Classification of memories based on duration as sensory, short-term, and long- term  
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Hierarchies   A way for organization relating pieces of information from the most specific feature they have in common to most general  
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Short term memory capacity   differs for everyone 5-9 letters on average some struggle with 3 others can do 12 easily  
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Primacy effect   Beginning of the list  
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Recency effect   End of the list  
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Associative networks   A chain of associations between related concepts Associations bind concepts together  
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Suggestibility   Problem with memory that occurs when memories are implanted in our minds based on leading questions comments or suggestions by someone else or some other source  
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