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sensory representations store information (memories) in a:
sensory mode - smell, hearing, seeing
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verbal representations store information (memories) in:
word form
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Three memory stores include:
- sensory memory
- short-term memory
- long-term memory
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working memory is:
the temporary storage and processing of information that can be used to solve problems, respond to the environment or achieve goals.
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most contemporary model of memory distinguish between:
visual store and verbal store
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varieties of long-term memory include:
- declarative memory - memory for facts and events
- procedural memory - refers to 'how to' knowledge or procedures or skills
- explicit memory - needs conscious recollection
- implicit memory - memory that is expressed in behaviour
- everyday memory - memory as it occurs in daily life
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Mnemonic devices are:
systematic strategies for remembering information
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networks of association are:
- clusters of information that are interconnected with eachother
- e.g. dog - fur - bark - mammal - cat - cow
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Memory errors can occur due to many reasons:
- transience - memories fade
- absent-mindedness - failure to remember something when attention is elsewhere
- misattribution - misremembering
- suggestibility - thinking we remember something when someone actually implanted that in our minds by telling stories
- bias - distortions of the way we recall events in a way we would rather remember it
- persistence - memories we wish we could forget but they keep coming back
- forgetting - inability to remember
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forgetting can be because of:
decay, interference, and motivated forgetting/forgetting for a reason.
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short term memory lasts:
20-30 seconds
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flashbulb memories is defined as:
vivid memories of exciting or highly consequential events
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anterograde amnesia is:
- the inability to retain new memories
- usually caused by damage to the temporal lobe
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retrograde amnesia is:
losing memories from a period before the time the persons brain was damaged.
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