Memory Basics
Mo' Basics
A little more nuanced
Did you study?
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The three steps in memory information processing are:
encoding, storage, retrieval.
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Which Penny is Correct? (top/bottom, left, middle, right)
Top left
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The eerie feeling of having been somewhere before is an example of:
déjà vu.
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A vivid memory of an emotionally significant moment or event is also known as this.
Flashbulb memory
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Visual sensory memory is referred to as:
iconic memory
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Memory for skills is called:
implicit memory.
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DAILY DOUBLE!
Name FOUR types of mnemonic devices
Acronyms
Rhyming
Acrostics
Imagery
Chunking
Hierarchies
Clustering
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The rapid initial decline in information retention and becoming stable thereafter is known as Ebbinghaus'
Forgetting curve
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Echoic memories fade after approximately:
3 to 4 seconds.
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Name the three (3) distinct storage systems
Sensory Memory
Short-term Memory
Long-term Memory
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Being better able to retrieve information when you are in an environment similar to the one in which you encoded the information is known as this
The context effect
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In regards to retrieval failure, when newer memory disrupts the recall of an older memory, it is known as
Retroactive interference
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According to Hermann Ebbinghaus, the most important practices for information processing is conscious repetition, also known as
rehearsal
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Memory techniques that involve vivid imagery are called
mnemonic devices
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Cutting down the amount of time you spend in rehearsal by making material meaningful is known as
semantic encoding
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To be better able to retrieve memories when you are in the same physical (caffeine, alcohol) or emotional state (happy, sad) you were in when you encoded information is known as this
State-dependent memory
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DAILY DOUBLE!
Our short-term memory span is approximately ________ items.
7
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One way to increase the amount of information in memory is to group it into larger, familiar units. This process is referred to as:
chunking
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Which area of the brain is most important in the processing of implicit memories?
cerebellum
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DAILY DOUBLE!
The idea that memory may be reconstructed during recall according to how questions are framed is known as this.
the misinformation effect