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psych test two

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retrieval cue   something that helps us recall stored information  
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encoding specificity principle   idea that any stimulus that is encoded along with an experience can later trigger memory for the experience  
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mnemonics   learning aids, strategies, and devices that improve recall (making songs, roy g biv, rhyming)  
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explicit memory   memory we are consciously aware of, we choose to bring it up and think about it  
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episodic memory   explicit memory about one's personal past experience  
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semantic memory   explicit memory for knowledge about the world (don't know where we learned it) (woman takes man's name at marriage)  
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implicit memory   the system underlying conscious memories; not choose to think about them, but they still influence us  
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procedural memory   implicit memory that involves motor skills and behavioral habits (driving and not realizing what you doing)  
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forgetting   inability to retrieve memory from long-term storage (we do not leave long-term info)  
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seven sins of memory   check chart  
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Transience (forgetting over time: proactive vs retroactive interference)   Proactive: when old information makes it difficult to remember new info (dialing mom's old number) Retroactive: when new info inhibits ability to remember old info  
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blocking (sin)   temporary inability to remember something (tip of the tongue)  
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absentmindedness   shallow encoding of information (forgetting the name of someone you just met)  
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persistence   recurrence of unwanted events (PTSD)  
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flashbulb memory   emotional event that you think you remember vividly (9/11)  
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memory bias   changing of memories over time  
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misattribution   people misremember time, place, or people involved with the memory  
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suggestibility   the development of biased memories from misleading information  
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