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| first stage of memory, consists of the immediate, initial recording of information that enters through our senses |
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| like snapshots, remember some thing for a brief period of time even if you weren't "listening" |
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| mental traces of sound, echoes, held in a sensory register. |
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| working memory, bridge between sensory memory and long term memory |
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| tendency to recall the initial items in a series of items (remember the first thing) |
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| tendency to recall the last items in a series |
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| the organization of items into a familiar or manageable units |
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| occurs when new information appears in short-term memory and takes place of what is already there |
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| the third and final stage of informational memory |
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| sensory memory decays almost immediately until you you pay attention to transfer it to short term memory |
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| first to use nonsense syllables, |
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| involves identifying objects or events that have been encountered before. |
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| school year book experiment |
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| to bring it back to mind. |
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| to re-study, and putting in effor you can "re-learn" something |
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| the fading away of a memory |
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| Freud-- memories make us feel anxiety, and we will block out bad ones to protect ourselves |
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| Dissocialtive amnesia: memory loss caused by brain injury, shock, fatigue, illness, or repression. |
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| Not remembering childhood memories before the age of 3 |
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| memory loss from trauma that presents a person from forming new memories |
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| people forget the period leading up to a traumatic event |
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| all methods to improving memory ex. song abbreviations, chunking |
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| Explicit Memories, part in brain that helps us form memories |
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| translation into a form in which it can be stored |
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| read the list and repeat it several times, letters in your memory as a sequence of sounds |
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| Trying to make sense of the letters or list |
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| the second process of memory, it is the maintenance of encoded information over a period of time |
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| repeating information over and over again to keep form forgetting it. |
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| make it meaningful by relating it to information you already know well. |
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| Memory organizes information by common features in groups |
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| our ability to remember information when we are heathy and functioning well- is subject to error |
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| consists of locating stored information and returning it to conscious thought. |
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| Context-dependent Memories |
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| memories that came back to you in that place. remember names in same place that you learned them |
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| memory that is retrieved in the mood that it was originally stored/encoded in |
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| Tip of the tongue phenomenon |
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| feeling of knowing experience |
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| process by which we recollect prior experiences and information and skills learned in the past |
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| memory of a specific event. Ex. memories of last quiz or what you ate for dinner |
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| events that are so important that our brain remembers every detail like a photography ex. 9/11 |
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| general knowledge that people remember ex. george washington was the first president |
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| clear, or clearly stated or explain. memory of specific information. information may be autobiographical or refer to general knowledge |
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| things that are imlicit are implied or not clearly stated. consist of skill or procedures you have learned and will never forget. ex. how to throw a baseball |
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