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Psych Unit 6A Vocab

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Term
Definition
Memory   show
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Recall   show
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Recognition   show
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show Getting information into our brains  
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Storage   show
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Retrieval   show
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show Memory consists of a sensory register, short-term memory, and long-term memory  
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show The mental representation of environments  
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Short-term memory   show
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show Straight repeating of information to memorize it  
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Elaborative rehearsal   show
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show Memory that involves the storage and recall of information over a long period of time  
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Working memory   show
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show Responsible for focussed processing in working memory  
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Visuospatial sketchpad   show
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Phonological loop   show
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show Retention of stuff one can consciously know and "declare"  
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show Encoding that requires attention and conscious effort  
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show Retention of learned skills/associations independent of conscious realisation  
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Procedural memories   show
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Automatic processing   show
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Prospective memory   show
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show Recollection of past events a jawn has experienced  
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show A fleeting sensory memory of visual stimuli  
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Echoic memory   show
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show Organizing items into familiar, manageable units  
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show Memory aids, especially ones with vivid imagery and organizational devices  
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Method of Loci   show
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Categories   show
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show Broad concepts divided and subdivided into narrower concepts  
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show The tendency for distributed practice to yield better long-term retention than massed practice  
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Testing effect   show
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Metacognition   show
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Shallow processing   show
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show Use of sounds to process language  
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show Remembering only the physical quality of a word  
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Deep processing/semantic processing   show
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show Memory of facts and general knowledge  
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Episodic memory   show
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show The process of turning short-term memories to long-term ones  
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show An increase in a cell's firing potential after repeated stimulation  
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Retrieval cues   show
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show Getting jawns set for shit  
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Context-dependent memory   show
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show Needing a certain state for memory  
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show Recalling experiences consistently with mood  
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Serial position effect   show
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Recency effect   show
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show Recalling jawns better because of their proximity to the beginning of something  
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Anterograde amnesia   show
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Retrograde amnesia   show
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show A disease where loss of memory is a main symptom  
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Infantile amnesia   show
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Encoding failure   show
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Ebbinghaus forgetting curve   show
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Tip-of-the-tongue forgetting   show
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Proactive interference   show
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show When new information inhibits our ability to recall old information  
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show Freud's "realistic" part of personality that was all about compromisation  
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show Unconscious blocking of unpleasant jawns from one's mind  
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Misinformation effect   show
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show A tendency to falsely remember jawns that were imagined  
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Source amnesia   show
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