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Vocabulary

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Memory   persistence of learning over time via the storage and retrieval of information  
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Flashbulb Memory   a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event  
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Memory as Information Processing   scribe; save; read  
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Encoding   the processing of information into the memory system  
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Storage   the retention of encoded information over time  
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Retrieval   process of getting information out of memory  
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Sensory Memory   the immediate, initial recording of sensory information in the memory system  
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Working Memory   focuses more on the processing of briefly stored information  
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Short Memory Term   activated memory that holds a few items briefly  
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Long Term Memory   the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system  
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Automatic Processing   unconscious encoding of incidental information: space, time, well learned information  
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Effortful Processing   requires attention and conscious effort  
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Rehearsal   conscious repetition of information  
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Spacing Effect   distributed practice yields better long term retention than massed practice  
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Semantic Encoding   encoding of meaning  
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Acoustic Encoding   encoding of sound  
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Visual Encoding   encoding of picture images  
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Imagery   mental pictures  
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Mnemonics   memory aids  
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Chunking   organizing items into familiar, manageable units  
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Hierarchies   complex information broken down into broad concepts and further subdivided into categories and subcategories  
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Sensory Memory   the immediate, initial recording of sensory information in the memory system  
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Iconic Memory   a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli  
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Echoic Memory   momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli  
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Short Term Memory   limited in duration and capacity  
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Long-term Potentiation   increase in synapse’s firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation  
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Amnesia   the loss of memory  
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Explicit Memory   memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare  
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hippocampus   neural center in limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage  
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Implicit Memory   retention without conscious recollection  
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Recall   the ability to retrieve info learned earlier and not in conscious awareness-like fill in the blank test  
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Recognition   the ability to identify previously learned items-like on a multiple choice test  
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Relearning   amount of time saved when relearning previously learned information  
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Priming   activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory  
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Context Effects   memory works better in the context of original learning  
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Deja Vu-   cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier similar experience  
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Mood Congruent Memory   tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one’s current mood  
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State Dependent Memory   what is learned in one state (while one is high, drunk or depressed) can more easily be remembered when in same state  
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Forgetting as encoding failure   Information never enters the memory system  
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Ebbinghaus   forgetting curve over 30 days  
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Proactive(forward acting) Interference   disruptive effect of prior learning on recall of new information  
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Retroactive (backwards acting) Interference   disruptive effect of new learning on recall of old information  
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Motivated Forgetting   people unknowingly revise history  
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Repression   defense mechanism that banishes anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories  
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Positive Transfer   sometimes old information helps our learning of new information  
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Misinformation Effect   incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event  
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Source Amnesia   attributing to the wrong source an event that we experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined (misattribution)  
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False Memory Syndrome   condition in which a person’s identity and relationships center around a false but strongly believed memory of traumatic experience  
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