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7 Memory

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Definition
• Memory   show
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• Encoding   show
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• Storage   show
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show Taking memories out of storage  
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• Working memory   show
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• Phonetically   show
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• Digit span   show
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• Magic number 7 (±2)   show
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• Information bit   show
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show Reorganizing or modifying information to assist storage in memory  
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show Bits of information that are grouped into larger units  
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• Elaborative encoding / rehearsal   show
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show False memories that a person believes are true or accurate  
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• Procedural (skilled)   show
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• Declarative (fact)   show
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show Includes impersonal facts and everyday knowledge. It serves as a mental dictionary or encyclopaedia of basic knowledge  
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• Episodic memory   show
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show Where previously learned material is correctly identified  
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show False items included with a correct item  
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show False sense of recognition that you think is right but is actually wrong  
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• Explicit memory   show
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• Implicit memory   show
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show Tendency for new memories to interfere with retrieval of old memories, eg., sleeping after study can help retain memories but reading, writing, watching TV may cause interference  
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• Proactive interference   show
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• Repression   show
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show Consciously putting something painful or threatening out of mind or trying to keep it from entering awareness  
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• Retrograde amnesia   show
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show Forgetting events that follow an injury or trauma  
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• Consolidation   show
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• Hippocampus   show
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