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PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW TERMS - TEST 2

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Anterograde Amnesia   Inability to encode new memories from our experiences  
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Chunking   Organizing information into meaningful groupings, allowing us to extend the span of short-term memory  
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Context-Dependent Learning   Superior retrieval of memories when the external context of the original memories matches the retrieval context  
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Cryptomnesia   Failure to recognize that our ideas originated with someone else  
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Decay   Fading of information from memory over time  
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Distributed vs. Massed Practice   Studying information in small increments over time (distributed) vs. in large increments over a brief amount of time (massed)  
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Echoic Memory   Auditory sensory memory  
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Elaborative Rehearsal   Linking stimuli to each other in a meaningful way to improve retention of information in short-term memory  
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Encoding   Process of getting information into our memory banks  
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Encoding Specificity   Phenomenon of remembering something better when the conditions under which we retrieve information are similar to the conditions under which we encoded it  
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Episodic Memory   Recollection of events in our lives  
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Explicit Memory   Memories we recall intentionally and of which we have conscious awareness  
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Flashbulb Memories   Emotional memory that is extraordinarily vivid and detailed  
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Iconic Memory   Visual sensory memory  
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Implicit Memory   Memories don't deliberately remember or reflect on consciously  
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Infantile Amnesia   Inability of adults to remember personal experiences that took place before an early age  
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Interference   Loss of information from memory because of competition from additional incoming information  
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Levels of Processing   Depth of transforming information, which influences how easily we remember it  
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Long-term Memory   Relatively enduring (from minutes to years) retention of information stored regarding our facts, experiences, and skills  
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Long-term potentiation   Gradual strengthening of the connections among neurons from repetitive stimulation  
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Magic Number   The span of short-term memory, according to George Miller: seven plus or minus two pieces of information  
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Maintenance Rehearsal   Repeating stimuli in their original form to retain them in short-term memory  
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Memory   Retention of information over time  
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Memory Illusion   False but subjectively compelling memory  
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Meta-memory   Knowledge about our own memory abilities and limitations  
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Misinformation Effect   Creation of fictitious memories by providing misleading information about an event after it takes place  
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Mnemonic   A learning aid, strategy, or device that enhances recall  
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Permastore   Type of long-term memory that appears to be permanent  
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Primacy Effect   Tendency to remember words at the beginning of a list especially well  
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Priming   Our ability to identify a stimulus more easily or more quickly after we've encountered similar stimuli  
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Proactive Interference   Interference with acquisition of new information due to previous learning of information  
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Procedural Memory   Memory for how to do things, including motor skills and habits  
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Recall   Reactivation or reconstruction of experiences from our memory stores  
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Recency Effect   Tendency to remember words at the end of a list especially well  
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Recognition   Selecting previously remembered information from an array of options  
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Rehearsal   Repeating information to extend the duration of retention in short-term memory  
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Relearning   Reacquiring knowledge that we'd previously learned but largely forgotten over time  
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Retrieval   Reactivation or reconstruction of experiences from our memory stores  
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Retrieval Cue   Hint that makes it easier for us to recall information  
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Retroactive Interference   Interference with retention of old information due to acquisition of new information  
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Retrograde Amnesia   Loss of memories from our past  
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Schema   Organized knowledge structure or mental model that we've stored in memory  
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Semantic Memory   Our knowledge of facts about the world  
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Sensory Memory   Brief storage of perceptual information before it is passed to short-term memory  
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Serial Position Curve   Graph depicting both primacy and recency effects on people's ability to recall items on a list  
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Short-term Memory   Memory system that retains information for limited durations  
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Source Monitoring   Lack of clarity about the origin of a memory  
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State-Dependent Learning    
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