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Basics of Psychology
Dr. Dickey's FC class
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
09/15/2008

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Term
Forgetting
Definition

Ebbinghous studied CVC's

 

Forgetting occurs rapidly without restudying

Term
Why do we forget?
Definition

Information has dropped out

 

Not enough tags

Term
Three theories of forgetfullness
Definition

Trace (Decay) theory

Deliberate forgetting

Inteference

Term
Trace (Decay) theory
Definition

engram

 

Lashley removed parts of rat's brains

 

Memory is not physically linked to brain

Term
Interference
Definition

Proactive--old memories interfere with recall of new information

 

Retroactive--new memories interfere with recall of old information

Term
Inaccuracy of eyewitness testimony
Definition

Storage and retrieval from LTM is reconstructive process

 

Loftus and Ketcham

Term
Mnemonic strategies to improve memory
Definition

Chunking

Imagery and method of Loci

Peg word system

SQ4R

Term
Imagery and method of Loci
Definition

Imagery--creation of one picture including information

 

method of Loci--information gathered within a certain state can only be recalled in that state

Term
Peg word system
Definition

Use of a pre-memorized list (rhyming)

Acronyms

Term
SQ4R
Definition

Survey

Qeustion

Read

Recite

Review

wRight

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Taking notes
Definition

Organize

Summarize

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