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Memory

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Refers to the capacity to retain info and also to the structure that accounts for this capacity

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Source Misattribution

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The inability to distinguish an actual memory of an event from the info you learned about an event elsewhere

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3 Factors Influencing Eye Witness Testimony

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  1. Cross Race identification
  2. Misleading Info
  3. Question-Wording
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Explicit Memory

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The conscious, intentional recollection of an event or item of info

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Recall

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The ability to retrieve and reproduce from memory previously encountered material

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Recognition

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The ability to identify previously encountered material

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Implicit Memory

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Unconscious retention in memory, evidenced by the effect of prior experience or previously encountered info on current thoughts/actions

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Priming

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A person reads/ listens to info and is later tested to see whether the info affects performance on another task

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Three Box Model Of Memory

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  1. Sensory Memory: Fleeting Impression
  2. Short Term Memory: Memory’s Scratchpad
  3. Long Term Memory: Memory’s Storage System
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Contents of Long Term Memory

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  1. Procedural Memories: “Knowing How” memories for the performance of actions or skills
  2. Declarative Memories: “Knowing That” Memories of facts, rules, concepts, and events
    - Semantic: general knowledge
    - Episodic: a personal recollection
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Where are Memories Made?

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  1. Cortex
  2. Frontal Lobe
  3. Amygdala
  4. Hippocampus
  5. Cerebellum
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Encoding

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The process by which we place things that we experience into memory. Unless info is encoded it cant be remembered.

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4 Retrieval Strategies

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  1. Mnemonics
  2. Maintenance rehearsal
  3. Elaborative Rehearsal
  4. Retrieval Practice
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Reason Why We Forget

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  1. Decay Theory
  2. Replacement Theory
  3. Interference
  4. Cue Dependent Forgetting
  5. Amnesia
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Decay Theory

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Info in memory eventually disappears if it’s not accessed. Applies to short term better than long term

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Replacement Theory

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New info entering memory can wipe out old info

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Interference:

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Similar items interfere with one another
1 Retroactive Interference
2. Proactive Interference

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Retroactive Interference

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When recently learned material interferes with the ability to remember similar material previously stored

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Proactive Interference

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When previously-stored material interferes with the ability to remember similar, more recently learned material

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Cue Dependent Forgetting

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The inability to retrieve info stored in memory because of insufficient cues for recall.
The physical state of the body and mood can affect the ability to remember

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Amnesia

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The partial or complete loss o important personal info