Memory Processes and Models: Information Storage, Retrieval, and Cognitive Structure

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Psychology - Cognitive Psychology

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What processes allow us to record and retrieve experiences and information?
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Which behaviors show evidence of memory, often referred to as the 3 R's?
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What processes are involved in forming and using memory?
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What is the process of retrieving previously stored information called?
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What is the process of identifying the correct stimulus out of a bunch of choices?
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What process involves comparing rates of learning to the first trial?
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What is the process of getting information in by translating it into a neural code that your brain can process?
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What is the process of retaining information over time called?
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What is the process of getting information back out of storage when we want to use it?
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What is the first model of memory that includes three separate and interacting memory stores?
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Which model suggests that memory stores do NOT correspond to specific brain structures, but more to different processes of memory?
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What are the three parts of the Atkinson-Shiffrin Model?
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What type of memory is visual and lasts less than a second?
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What type of memory is auditory and lasts roughly 5 seconds?
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What type of memory briefly holds sensory information?
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What is the term for the failure to notice subtle changes in briefly presented stimuli unless attention is directed to those changes?
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What type of memory temporarily holds a limited amount of information?
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What are examples of memory codes?
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What is the mental workspace in which we store and actively process information?
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What is the term for simple repetition used to maintain information in short-term memory?
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What is the term for focusing on meaning to enhance memory retention?
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What type of memory is characterized by unlimited storage capacity?
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What are the two types of long-term memory systems?
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What type of memory involves facts and experiences we consciously know?
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What are the two sub-types of declarative memory?
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What type of memory is for personal experiences?
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What type of memory is for factual knowledge?
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How is declarative memory acquired?
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What type of memory involves actions we can remember and perform without awareness?
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How is non-declarative memory acquired?
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What are the two sub-types of non-declarative memory?
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What type of memory involves motor memory for patterns of muscle movements?
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What is classical conditioning in the context of memory?
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Who had most of his hippocampus removed and lived in a constant present?
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Where is memory most prominent in a serial position curve?
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What is the term for superior recall of early items on a list?
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What diminishes the primary effect?
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What is the term for superior recall of the last items on a list?
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What diminishes the recency effect?
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True or false: More effective encoding into long-term memory increases the likelihood of retrieval.
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What is the order of depth of processing from shallow to deepest?
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What is the term for the repetition of information to maintain it in short-term memory?
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What type of rehearsal focuses on meaning, such as chunking, to enhance memory?
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What theory suggests that memory is enhanced if multiple memory codes are used?
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What are memory aids, such as acronyms, called?
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What is the term for the activation of one concept leading to the activation of another?
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True or false: We retrieve a memory more easily when in the same context as where we formed the memory.
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What is context-dependent memory?
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What is state-dependent memory?
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What is the term for the inability to retrieve memory of the past?
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What is the term for the inability to form new memories?
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True or false: We tend to see most forgetting soon after learning.
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What is proactive interference?
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What effect involves the distortion of memory by misleading post-event information?
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What kind of error occurs when a memory is misattributed to another source?
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What kind of error involves deciding whether a memory is based on external or internal sources?
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What are the three approaches to study where memories are formed in the brain?
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What is it called when emotionally intense events become 'burned in' as a very vivid memory?
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What is long-term potentiation?
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