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| observations that are stored in a form that allos them to be retrived and used at a later time |
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| information that is represented in one of the senses modalities |
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| info. represented in words |
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| memory systems that hold info, for a brief period of time |
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| a visual storage registration process by which people retain an afterimage of a visual stimulus |
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| an auditory sensory registration process by which people retain an echo or brief auditory representation of a sound to which they are exposed |
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| process of repeating or studying info. to retain it in the memory |
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| process of repeating info. over and over to maintain it momentarily in STM |
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| an aid to LTM storage that involves thinking about the meaning of info in order to process it more with depth |
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| memory of facts, images, thoughts, feelings, skills, and experiences that may last long as lifetime |
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| process of bringing info from LTM into STM or working memory |
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| phenomenon that people are more likely to remember info that appers first and last than the middle of the list |
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| conscious "workspace" used for retrieving and manipulating info. maintained through rehearsal adn STM |
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| process of organizing info into small, meaningful bits to aid the memory |
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| knowledge that can be consciously retrieved and declared |
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| general knowledge or facts |
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| memories of particular episodes or events from personal experience |
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| knowledge of prodecures or skills that emerge when people engage in activites that require them |
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| conscious recollection of facts or events |
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| memory that can't be brought to mind consciously but can be expressed in behavior like tying a shoe lace |
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| explicit recollection of material from LTM |
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| tip of the tongue phenomenon |
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| the experience in which pople attempting but failing to recall info from memory know the info is in there but not quite able to retrieve it |
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| explicit knowledge of whether something currrently perceived has been previously encountered |
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| phemenon in which the processing of specific information is facilitated by prior exposure to the same or similar information |
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| memory as it occurs in daily life |
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| memory for events that has already occured |
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| memory for the things that need to be done in the future |
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| refers information that in cast into a representaional form or code so that it can be readily accessed from memory |
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| the degree to which info. is elaborated reflected upon. or processed in a meaningful way during encoding of memory |
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| encoding specificity principle |
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| the notion that the match between the way information encoded and the way it retrieved is important to remembering |
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| stimuli or thoughts that can be used to stimulate retrieval |
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| superior LTM retention of information rehearsed in sessions spread out over longer intervals of time |
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| systematic strategies for remembering info. |
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| memory aid, or mnemonic device, in which images are remebered by fitting them into an orderly arrangment of locations |
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| the inability to retrieve memories |
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| especially vivid memories of exciting or highly consequential events |
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| notion that memories are lost as result of a fading of the memory trace |
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| the intrusion of similar memories on one another |
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| a phenomenon in which old memories tha thave already been stored interfere with the retrieval of new info. |
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| interderence of a new info. with the retrieval of old info |
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| forgetting for a reason,which leads to inhibition of retrieval |
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