MODULE 23 VOCAB - LETS GET THAT BREAD
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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
the process of getting info out of memory storage
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automatic processing
unconscious encoding of incidental info, such as space, time, and frequency, and of well-learned info, such as word meanings
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effortful processing
encoding that requires attention and conscious effort
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rehearsal
conscious repetition of information
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
German philosopher who conducted pioneering memory studies
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serial position effect
tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list
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semantic encoding
encoding of meaning
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mnemonic devices
A memory trick or technique
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Chunking
organizing items into familiar, manageable units
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sensory memory
Brief, initial coding of sensory information in the memory system
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short term/working memory
The part of your memory system that contains information you are consciously aware of before it is stored more permanently or forgotten
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long-term memory
the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system.
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flashbulb memory
A vivid, clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.
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long-term potentiation
an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory
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explicit memory
the memory of facts that experiences
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implicit memory
the memory of skills and procedures
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recall
the type of retrieval in which you must search for information that you previously stored as on fill in the blank test
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recognition
type of retrieval in which you must identify items you learned earlier, as on a multiple choice test
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context effects
The enhanced ability to retrieve information when you are in an environment similar to the one in which you encoded the information
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state-dependent memory
The enhanced ability to retrieve information when you are in the same physical and emotional state you were in when you encoded the information
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