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Test 2 Ch.6
Memory
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/21/2013

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Memory
Definition
An active system that receives information from the senses, organizes and alters that information as it stores it away, and then retrieves the information from storage
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Encoding
Definition
set of mental operations that people perform on sensory information to convert that information into a form that is usable in the brain's storage system
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Storage
Definition
holding onto information for some period of time
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Retrieval
Definition
getting information that is in storage into a form that can be used
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Automatic Encoding
Definition
information that is automatically processed.


Ex. remembering the route to your school
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Effortful encoding
Definition
Some information requires attention..

Ex. Remembering a friend's new cell number
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Flashbulb memory
Definition
a unique and highly emotional moment can give rise to clear, strong, and persistent memory
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Serial Position Effect
Definition
when your recall is better for the first and last items, but poor for middle items on a list
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Next in line effect
Definition
tendency to forget what the person ahead of us in line has said because we are focusing on what we will say in our upcoming turn to speak
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Spacing Effect
Definition
tendency to retain information more easily if we practice it repeatedly than if we practice it in one long session
Term
You ask your little nephew to recite the alphabet he just learned in school. He can only remember "A-B-C" and "X-Y-Z" which is consistent with
Definition
Serial Position effect
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Chunking
Definition
organizing items into familiar, manageable units.
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Sensory Memory
Definition
is the initial recording of sensory information in the memory system, it is extemely short

2 types - iconic memory and Echoic memory
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Iconic Memory
Definition
visual sensory memory, lasting only a fraction of a second
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Echoic Memory
Definition
the brief memory of something a person just heard
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Working Memory
Definition
new name for short term memory

Capacity is 7 plus/minus 2

short duration- 20-30 seconds
Term
Maintenance Rehearsal
Definition
Practice of saying some information to be remembered over and over in one's head in order to maintain it in short term memory
Term
Long Term Memory
Definition
the system of memory into which all the information is placed to be kept more or less permanently
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Elaborative Rehearsal
Definition
A method of transferring information from Short Term memory into long term memory by making that information meaningful in some way
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Explicit Memory
Definition
refers to facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare

Semantic- facts general knowledge
episodic- personally experienced events
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Implicit Memory
Definition
involves learning an action, and the individual does not know or declare what she knows
Term
Remembering how to ride a bicycle, even though you have not ridden one for years, is an example of __________ memory.
Definition
Implicit (Procedural)
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Consolidation
Definition
The changes that take place in the structure and functioning of neurons when a memory is formed
Term
Which part of limbic system processes explicit memories into long term memories?
Definition
Hippocampus
Term
What part of brain processes implicit memories?
Definition
Cerebellum
Term
Anterograde Amnesia
Definition
remembering everything before but can not make new memories
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Infantile Amnesia
Definition
not being able to remember things from birth till about the age of 2
Term
Recognition
Definition
person is able to identify an item among others

ex. multiple choice tests
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Recall
Definition
person must retrieve information using effort

ex. fill in the blank tests
Term
Semantic Network Model
Definition
model of memory organization that assumes information is stored in the brain in a connected fashion, with concepts that are related stored physically closer to each other than retrieval cue a stimulus for remembering
Term
Retrieval Cues
Definition
are bits of related information we encode while encoding a target piece of information
Term
Priming
Definition
retrieve a activation of one of the strands associated with the specific memory
Term
Context effects
Definition
the tendency for memory to be improved if related information is available when the memory is formed and also available when the memory is retrieved.
Term
Deja Vu
Definition
ive experienced this before
Term
You knew classical conditioning in Psyc class last week. When you tried to explain the terms to your girlfriend at a party you totally blanked, but in Psyc class today you remembered it and explained it just fine. This best illustrates:
Definition
context effects
Term
Forgetting is due to
Definition
poor encoding
storage decay
retrieval failure
Term
Tip of the tongue
Definition
is a retrieval failure phenomenon
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Interference
Definition
learning some information may disrupt retrieval of other information

2 types-- proactive and retroactive
Term
Proactive interference
Definition
Previously learned information interferes with new information
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Retroactive interference
Definition
new information interferes with old information
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Misinformation effect
Definition
incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event
Term
Source Amnesia
Definition
attributing an event to the wrong source we have experienced, heard, read, or imagined
Term
False Memory Syndrome
Definition
a condition in which a person's identity and relationships center around a false but strongly believed memory of traumatic experience sometimes induced by well meaning therapists.
Term
While studying you are glancing back and forth at Facebook, Gmail, text messages, lecture and textbook. When you don’t know an answer to a exam question it is most likely because
Definition
Poor Encoding
Term
Hindsight Bias
Definition
the tendency to falsely believe, through revision of older memories to include newer information, that could have correctly predicted the outcome of an event.
Term
Repeating something over and over in order to keep it in short term memory is called…
Definition
Maintenance Rehearsal
Term
The model of memory which assumes that information which is more “deeply processed” will be remembered more efficiently/longer is called…
Definition
levels of processing model
Term
Which type of memory has a seemingly unlimited capacity, but a very short duration (usually less than a second)?
Definition
sensory memory
Term
Which type of declarative memory has to do with your memories of personally experienced events
Definition
Episodic memory
Term
Identifying a suspect from a lineup is what type of retrieval?
Definition
Recognition
Term
You try to recall a certain bit of information on a test, but fail to. However, as soon as you walk back into the room where you studied for the test, you suddenly remember. This appears to be an example of?
Definition
Context effect
Term
When trying to recall the names of people you met at a party, you find that you can remember the names of the first couple people you met, and the last person you met, but not the people you met in the middle of the party. This is called…
Definition
Serial position effect
Term
Brian went from the U.S., where he grew up, to England. He had a difficult time remembering to drive on the left side of the road. His problem was most likely due to ______.
Definition
Proactive interference
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