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What is the process required for the transition of information from sensory memory to STM?
Selective Attention
Who coined the term that describes the effect on the accuracy of recalling an item based on its position in a list?
(Herman Ebbinghaus)
What is retrograde amnesia?
You forget the past.
Name the 2 types memory rehearsal methods?
Maintenance and Elaborative Rehearsal.
True or false: The way one words a question about an event does not impact the memory one may have of said event.
False
What is the function of the hippocampus ?
It stores new long term memories.
What are the two types of long term memory
explicit declarative memory and implicit non-declarative memory
what is the primary effect of hypnosis on a person's memory?
It increases a person's confidence in their memories, whether they are real or false.
in the information system what are the three memory systems
sensory memory
short term memory
long term memory
What are some cues that you use to remember a past event .
Event or something you ate
If you struggle to remember your new password because you keep typing your old one, which type of memory interference are you experiencing?
Proactive Interference
what is memory
An active System that receives, organizes, stores, and retrieves information