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| Term | Definition |
| Serial Position effect | The chance of recalling only items depends upon it's position in the list. |
| Visually | What you see. |
| Acoustically | What the word sound like. |
| Semantically | What the word mean. |
| Reconstructive Memory | Altering or recollection of things so they make more sense |
| Primacy Effect | More of first info retreated is subsequently later info |
| Episodic Memory | This refers to personal events and experiences in your life |
| Procedural Memory | Complex skills they are actions-based memories |
| Semantic Memory | Facts and general knowledge |
| Target Population | Large group of people the researcher wishes to study |
| Sample | Small group of people who represent the target population |
| Counterbalancing | Half to A then B and B then A |
| Sensation | The information that we receive through or senses |
| Perception | How we interpret or make sense of the sensory information that we receive |
| Visual Illusion | A visual perception which is wrong on misinterprets what is actually there |
| Fiction | The perception of an object or movement that is not present in the stimulus |
| Ambiguity | More than one possible meaning |
| Misinterpreted Depth Cues | When a depth cue is used wrong |
| Size Constancy | Original perception of size of object when info received by eyes change |
| Assimilation | Adding new information to an existing schema |
| Accommodation | Changing a schema, or developing a new schema to cope with a new situation |
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