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| A storage and retrieval of what has been learned or experienced |
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| The transforming information so that the nervous system can process it |
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| The process by which information is maintained over a period of time |
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| the process of obtaining information that has been stored in memory |
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| very brief memory storage immediately following initial reception of a stimulus |
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| memory that is limited in capacity to about seven items and in duration by the subject's active rehearsal |
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| system for remembering that involves repeating information to oneself without attmpting to find meaning in it |
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| process of grouping items to make them easier to remember |
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| knowledge of language, including its rules, words and meanings |
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| memory of one's life, including time of occurence |
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| memory of knowledge that can be called forth consciously as needed |
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| memory of learned skills that does not require conscious recollection |
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| memory retrieval in which a person identifies an object, idea or situation as one he or she has or has not experienced before |
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| memory retrieval in which a person reconstructs previously learned material |
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| the alteration of a recalled memory that may be simplified, enriched or distorted, depending on a person's experiences and attitudes |
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| the act of filling in memory gaps |
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| conceptual frameworks a person uses to make sense of the world |
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| the ability to remember with great accuracy visual information on the basis of short term exposure |
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| fading away of memory over time |
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| blockage of a memory by previous or subsequent memories |
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| the linking of new information to material that is already known |
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| techniques for using associations to memorize information |
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