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Modules 24-26 Psych

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Memory   The persistence of learning over time. A system that encodes, stores, and retrieves information.  
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Recall   retrieving information learned earlier.  
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Recognition   identify items previously learned.  
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Relearning   assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again.  
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Encoding   The modification of information to fit the preferred format for the memory system.  
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Retrieval   The locating and recovering of information from memory.  
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Sensory Memory   Shortest of our memories. Holds sights, sounds, smells, textures. No meaning is given.  
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Working Memory   Short-Term Memory. Sorting and encoding information before transferring it to long-term memory.  
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Long-Term Memory   No limit to the duration or capacity. Implicit and Explicit.  
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Explicit Memory   Declarative Memory. Knowing what.  
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Implicit Memory   Procedural Memory. Knowing how.  
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Self-Reference Effect   cognitive phenomenon in which individuals demonstrate better recall and retention for information that is personally relevant or related to their self-concept.  
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Flashbulb Memories   emotionally intense events that become “burned in” as a vivid-seeming memory.  
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Priming   Triggers a thread of associations that bring us to a concept.  
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Serial Position Effect   The tendency, when learning information in a long list, to more likely recall the first items and the last items.  
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Retrograde Amnesia   inability to retrieve memory of the past.  
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Anterograde Amnesia   inability to form new long-term explicit memories.  
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