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Defining Memory
Define memory,
What are the 3 processes of memory,
Define encoding
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Atkinson-Shiffrin's Multi-Store Model Of Memory
Define atkinson shiffrins multi s...,
When and by whom was the atkinson...,
Describe the flow of information ...
8
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Atkinson-Shiffrin's Multi-Store Model Of Memory: Sensory Memory
Define sensory memory,
Does sensory memory have unlimite...,
Does sensory memory have limited ...
15
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Atkinson-Shiffrin's Multi-Store Model Of Memory: Short Term Memory
Define short term memory,
Define working memory,
Is the information in the stm an ...
9
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Atkinson-Shiffrin's Multi-Store Model Of Memory: Improving the STM
In what 2 ways can the stm be imp...,
Define chunking,
How exactly does chunking improve...
14
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Atkinson-Shiffrin's Multi-Store Model Of Memory: Serial Position Effect
Define serial position effect,
Difference between free recall an...,
Define primary effect
8
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CRAIK AND LOCKHART’S LEVELS OF PROCESSING FRAMEWORK
What does craik and lockhart s le...,
Who created craik and lockhart s ...,
Information is not always complet...
16
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Baddeley and Hitch's Model of Working Memory
Define baddeley and hitchs model ...,
Baddeley and hitchs model of work...,
What are the 4 components of the ...
9
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Systems of LTM
Define long term memory,
Capacity and duration of ltm,
Is the ltm an active or passive s...
20
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Semantic network theory
Define semantic network theory,
Describe how info is stored in se...,
Each node contains characteristic...
8
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Neurons
Define neurotransmission aka syna...,
Define neuron,
What are the 3 basic structural f...
17
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Amnesia
Define brain trauma,
Brain trauma is due to two things,
Define inflicted brain injury
17
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Dementia
Define dementia,
General symptoms of dementia,
Describe how dementia progresses
6
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Memory decline over the lifespan
Is some deterioration of memory d...,
Is memory decline due to ageing i...,
Describe the effect of ageing on ...
13
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Forgetting
Define forgetting,
When information is available,
When information is accessible
4
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The forgetting curve
Define the forgetting curve,
What factors influence the forget...,
What facts do not influence the f...
10
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Retrieval failure theory & TOT
Define retrieval failure theory c...,
In terms of availability and acce...,
Who and when proposed the retriev...
17
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Interference theory
Define interference,
Define interference,
When is interference more likely
8
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Motivated forgetting
Define motivated forgetting theory,
From which two psychological proc...,
Define repression
12
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Decay theory
Define decay theory,
Define memory trace,
The decay theory explains forgett...
5
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Neurotransmitters
Define neurotransmitter,
How does neurotransmission as a w...,
Define reuptake
13
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Long term potentiation and neural pathways
Define long term potentiation,
Generally what 3 changes occur to...,
Biologically how does ltp work
8
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Role of Medial Temporal Lobe (Hippocampus)
Define medial temporal lobe,
Define hippocampus,
How does the hippocampus form now...
11
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Role of Medial Temporal Lobe (Amygdala)
Define amygdala,
2 minor roles of the amygdala,
How does the amygdala interact wi...
9
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Role of other brain areas in memory
Role of the cerebral cortex,
Role of frontal lobe,
Role of the cerebellum
4
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Consolidation Theory
Where does consolidation for expl...,
Is there any clear evidence that ...,
Define consolidation theory
11
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Eyewitness testimony
Why are memories not exact replic...,
Define reconstructed memory,
What type of plausible yet mislea...
17
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Measures of retention
Define measure of retention,
Does the amount of information re...,
What are the 3 measures of retention
17
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State and Context Dependent Cues
Define encoding specificity princ...,
How can we use the encoding speci...,
Define context dependent cues
10
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Mnemonic devices
Define mnemonic device,
Do mnemonic devices organise new ...,
Define acronym
14
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Alzheimers
Define alzheimers disease,
What type of memory loss does alz...,
How is alzheimers disease diagnosed
14
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Eyewitness Testimony
Is memory an exact copy of what h...,
Retrieval involves _______,
Define active reconstruction
14
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