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Learning memory and cognition
Psych 312 material for exam 1
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
02/03/2008
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What is semantic memory?
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- recreating past events and experiences based partially on the external event itself and in part on the person’s “knowledge of the world”
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Explain the forgetting curve
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It is a rate of forgetting which is most rapid immediately after learning and diminishes after longer intervals.
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What is episodic memory?
 Definition
Memory of specific episodes known by their time and place of acquisition.
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