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Chapter 10 vocaab
This stack covers all vocab in chapter 10 of the Glenco Psych book
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Memory | The imput, storage and retrieval of what has been learned or explained |
| Encoding | The transforming of information so the nervous system can process it |
| Storage | The process by which information is maintained over a period of time |
| Retrieval | The process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory |
| Sensory Memory | Very brief memory storage immediately following initial stimulation of a receptor |
| Short-term Memory | Memory that is limited in capacity to about seven times and in duration by the subject’s active rehearsal |
| Maintenance Rehearsal | A system for remembering that involves repeating information to oneself without attempting to find meaning in it |
| Chunking | The process of grouping items to make them easier to remember |
| Semantic Memory | Knowledge of language, including its rules, words and meanings |
| Episodic Memory | Chronological retention of the events in one’s life |
| Declarative Memory | Stored knowledge that can be called forth consciously as needed |
| Procedural Memory | Permanent storage of learned skills that does not require conscious recollection |
| Recognition | Memory retrieval in which a person identifies an object, idea or situation as one he or she has not experienced before |
| Recall | Memory retrieval in which a person reconstructs previously learned material |
| Reconstructive Process | The alteration of a recalled memory that may be simplified, enriched, or distorted, depending on an individual’s experiences, attitudes or inferences |
| Confabulation | The act of filling in memory gaps |
| Schemas | Conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world |
| Eidetic Memory | The ability to remember with great accuracy visual basis of short-term exposure |
| Decay | Fading away of memory over time |
| Interference | Blockage of a memory by pervious or subsequent memories or loss of a retrieval cue |
| Elaborative Rehearsal | The linking of new information to material already known |
| Mnemonic Devices | Techniques for using associations to memorize and retrieve information |
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