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| The retention of information over time |
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| False but subjectively compelling memory |
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| How much information a memory system can retain |
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| Length of time for which a memory system can retain information |
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| Briefy storage of perceptual information before it is passed to short-term memory |
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| Memory system that retains the information we are currently thinking about for limited durations |
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| Fading of information from memory |
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| Loss of information from memory because of competition from additional incoming information |
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| Interference with retention of old information due to acquisition of new information |
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| Interference with acquisition of new information due to previous learning of information |
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| The span of short-term memory, according to George Miller: Seven plus or minus two pieces of information |
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| organizing information into meaningful groupings allowing us to extend the span of short-term memory |
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| Repeating information to extend the duration of retention in short-term memory |
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| Repeating stimuli in their original form to retain them in short-term memory |
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| Linking stimuli to each other in a meaningful way to improve retention of information in short-term memory. |
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| Levels-of-Processing Model |
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| Model stating that the more deeply we process information, the better we remember it |
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| Sustained (from minutes to years) retention of information stored regarding facts our experiences and skills |
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| The tendency to remember words at the beginning of a list especially well |
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| Tendency to remember words at the end of a list especially well |
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| Graph depicting the effect of both primacy and recency on peoples ability to recall items on a list |
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| Our knowledge of facts about the world |
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| recollection of events in our lives |
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| memories we recall intentionally and of which we have conscious awareness |
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| Memories we dont deliberately remember or reflect on consciously |
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| memory for how to do things, including motor skills and habits |
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| Our ability to identify a stimulus more easily or more quickly after we've encountered similar stimuli |
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| Process of getting information intou our memory banks |
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| A learning aid, strategy, or device that enhances recall |
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| Process of keeping information in memory |
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| Organized knowledge structure or mental model that we've stored in memory |
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| reactiviation or reconstruction of experiences from our memory stores |
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| Hints that make it easier for us to recall information |
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| Generating previously remembered information |
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| Selecting previously remembered information from an array of options |
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| Reacquiring knowledge that we'd previously learned but largely forgotten over time |
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| Phenomenon of remembering something better when the conditions under which we retrieve information are similar to the conditions under which we encoded it |
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| Context-dependent Learning |
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| Superior retrieval of memories when the external context of the original memories matches the retrieval context |
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| Superior retrieval of memories when the organism is in the same physiological or psychological state as it was during encoding |
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| Long-term Potentiation (LTP) |
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| Gradual strengthening of the connections among neurons from repetitive stimulation |
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| Loss of memories from our past |
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| Inability to encode new memories from our experiences |
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| Inability of adults to remember personal experiences that took place before an early age |
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| Emotional memories that are thought to be extraordinarily vivid and detailed |
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| Ability to identify the origins of a memory |
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| Suggestive memory techniques |
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| Procedures that encourage patients to recall memories that may or may not have taken place |
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| Creation of fictitious memories by providing misleading information about an event after it takes place |
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