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Myers 7th Edition - Chapter 09 Vocabulary

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show The persistence of learning over time through the storage and retrieval of information.  
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show A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event  
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show The processing of information into the memory system - for example, by extracting meaning.  
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Storage   show
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Retrieval   show
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Sensory Memory   show
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Short-term Memory   show
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Long-term Memory   show
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Automatic Processing   show
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Effortful Processing   show
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Rehearsal   show
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show The tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice.  
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show Our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list.  
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Visual Encoding   show
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Acoustic Encoding   show
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show The encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words.  
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Imagery   show
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show Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices.  
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Chunking   show
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show A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no longer than a few tenths of a second.  
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Echoic Memory   show
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Long-term Potentiation   show
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show The loss of memory.  
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Implicit Memory   show
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Explicit Memory   show
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show A nueral center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage.  
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show A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier, as on a fill-in-the-blank test.  
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show A measure of memory in which the person need only to indentify items previously learned, as on a multiple-choice test.  
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show A memory measure that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material for a second time.  
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Priming   show
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show That eerie sense that "I've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.  
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Mood-congruent Memory   show
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show The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.  
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Retroactive Interference   show
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show In psychoanalytic thoery, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.  
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show Incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event.  
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show Attributing to the wrong source an event that we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined. (Also called "Source Misattribution.") Source amensia, along with the misinformation effect, is at the heart of many false memories.  
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