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MTA PSYC 1001 Chapter Seven: Memory

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show A false but subjectively compelling memory.  
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show Is the retention of information over time.  
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show Is the contradiction of our memories being very good in some situations, while being very poor in other situations.  
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Hyperthymestic Syndrome   show
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show First major type of memory, which is tied closely to the raw materials of our experiences and perceptions of the world and briefly holds perceptual information.  
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show Second major type of memory, which uses what is passed from sensory memory and turns it into more meaningful material.  
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show The third and final type of memory, which retains important information passed from short term memory.  
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show Visual sensory memory.  
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show Otherwise called photographic memory, is when one can hold a visual image in their mind with extreme clarity.  
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show Auditory sensory memory.  
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Working Memory   show
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Decay   show
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show The loss of information from memory because of competition from additional incoming information.  
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show Is when learning something new hampers with what one has learned before.  
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show Is when learning something new is more difficult because of what one has learned before.  
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show Is the span of short term memory, according to George Miller, which is seven plus or minus two pieces of information.  
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show Organizing material into meaningful groupings.  
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Rehearsal   show
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show Repeating stimuli in its original form.  
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show Linking stimuli to other things to remember them better.  
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Levels of Processing   show
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Permastore   show
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show The tendency to remember stimuli, like words, early in a list.  
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Recency Effect   show
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Serial Position Curve   show
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show Our knowledge of facts about the world. (explicit memory)  
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Episodic Memory   show
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Explicit Memory   show
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Implicit Memory   show
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show Is the memory for how to do things, which include motor skills and habits. (implicit memory)  
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Priming   show
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Encoding   show
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show Are learning aids, strategies, and devices that enhance recall.  
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Storage   show
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show Is the third and final process of memory, which is reconstructing memories from our memory banks.  
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Retrieval Cues   show
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Recall   show
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show One of the ways to assess memory, which is selecting previously remembered information from an array of options.  
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show One of the ways to assess memory, which is reacquiring knowledge that one has previously learned but was largely forgotten.  
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Distributed vs Massed Practice   show
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Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon   show
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show Remembering something better when the conditions of when we retrieve the information are similar to when we encoded it.  
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show Is when retrieval of information is better when the external context of the information matches the retrieval context.  
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State-Dependent Learning   show
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show Is when one's psychological state distorts their memories of their past.  
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Engram   show
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Long Term Potentiation   show
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Retrograde Amnesia   show
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show The inability to encode new memories.  
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show A decrease in attention to familiar stimuli.  
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show Is the knowledge of our own memory abilities and limitations.  
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show Is the inability to remember personal experiences that took place before an early age.  
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Guided Imagery   show
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show Is when therapists use hypnosis to "return" clients to the psychological state of childhood.  
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Flashbulb Memories   show
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Source Monitoring Confusion   show
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show Is imagining an event increases the confidence in the likelihood that it occurred.  
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Cryptomnesia   show
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Suggestive Memory Techniques   show
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Misinformation Effect   show
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Weapon Focus   show
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