FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MEMORY

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT MEMORY

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Question 1: Transfer-Appropriate Processing

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Theory suggests that the critical determinant of memory is how the encoding process matches up with what is ultimately retrieved.

Question 2: Explicit Memory

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Memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and declare.

Question 3: Long Term Memory

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The relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system.

Question 4: Semantic Codes

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Represent an experience by its general meaning.

Question 5: Imagery

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Mental pictures; a powerful aid to effortful processing, especially when combined with semantic coding.

Question 6: Amnesia

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The loss of memory.

Question 7: Iconic Memory

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A momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli.

Question 8: Déjà vu

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The eerie sense that "I have experienced this before." Cues from current situation may trigger retrieval of an earlier experience.

Question 9: Recognition

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A measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned.

Question 10: Automatic Processing

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Unconscious encoding of incidental information.

Question 11: Semantic Memory

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Memory of general knowledge one was not present at.

Question 12: Visual Codes

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Represent stimuli as pictures

Question 13: Sensory Memory

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The immediate, brief recording of sensory information in the memory system.

Question 14: Recall

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A measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learned earlier.

Question 15: Procedural Memory

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Memory of how to do things. (Ex: Ride a bike)

Question 16: Episodic Memory

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Memory of any even one was present at.

Question 17: Storage

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The 2nd step in memory process which refers to the maintenance of information over time.

Question 18: Misinformation Effect

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Incorporating misleading information into ones memory of an event.

Question 19: Retrieval

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The 3rd step in memory process which finds information stored in memory and brings it to consciousness.

Question 20: Hippocampus

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A neural center that is located in the limbic system and helps process explicit memories for storage.

Question 21: Acoustic Codes

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Represent information as sequence of sounds.

Question 22: Implicit Memory

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Retention independent of conscious recollection.

Question 23: Encoding

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The first stages of memory process where information is put into memory codes.

Question 24: Rehearsal

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The conscious repetition of information.

Question 25: Chunking

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Organizing items into familiar manageable units.

Question 26: Echoic Memory

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A momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli.

Question 27: Mnemonics

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Memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices.

Question 28: Short Term Memory

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Activated memory that holds a few items briefly.