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Unit 7A AP Psych

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Memory   show
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Encoding   show
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Storage   show
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show The process of getting information out of memory storage.  
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Sensory Memory   show
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Short-term Memory   show
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Long-term Memory   show
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Working Memory   show
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show The processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural mode of information processing for many functions. Contrasts with the step-by-step (serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem solving.  
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Automatic Processing   show
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Effortful Processing   show
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Rehearsal   show
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show The tendency for distributed study of practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice.  
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show Our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list.  
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Visual Encoding   show
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Acoustic Encoding   show
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Semantic Encoding   show
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show Mental pictues; a powerful aid to effortful processing, espcially when combined with semantic encoding.  
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show Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices.  
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show Organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occurs automatically.  
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show A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli; a photographic or picture-image memory lasting no more than a few tenths of a second.  
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Echoic Memory   show
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show An increase in a synapse's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation. Believed to be a neural basis for learning and memory.  
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show A clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event.  
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Amnesia   show
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Implicit Memory   show
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Explicit Memory   show
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Hippocampus   show
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Recall   show
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Recognition   show
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Relearning   show
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Priming   show
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show The tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood.  
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show The disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information.  
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Retroactive Interference   show
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show In psychoanalytical theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.  
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Misinformation Effect   show
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Source Amnesia   show
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show That eerie sense that "I've experienced this before." Cues from the current situation may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.  
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