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the set of mental operations that people perform on sensory information to convert that info into a form that is usable in the brain's storage system is called
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encoding
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the information processing model of memory suggests that
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the process of memory storage is similar to the way a computer processes memory in a series of three stages
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according to the levels of processing model, creation and storage of memories take place at the same time
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false
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in real life, info that has just entered iconic memory will be pushed out very quickly by new information. research suggests that after ?, old info is replaced by new info
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a quarter of a second
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the info in short-term memory is
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conscious
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in working memory, the ? acts as interpreter for both the visual and auditory information
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central executive
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the best way to remember the name of a person you meet at a party is to
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associate the name with something about the persons appearance
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because maintenance rehearsal is a deeper king of processing than elaborative rehearsal, it leads to better long-term storage
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false
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in general, long-term memory is encoded in?
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in a meaningful room
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memory for facts is called ? memory because facts are things that are known and can be stated outright
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declarative
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? memory refers to the awareness of the meanings of words, concepts, and terms as well as names of objects, math skills and so on
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semantic
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memories of childhood events, special birthdays or anniversaries, and things that happened to a person today are called
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episodic memories
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after his accident, bryan had trouble remembering facts and events that were related to his personal life history. he was suffering from a loss of ? memory
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autobiographical
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in their original study, which explored how info is stored in long-term memory, Collins and Quillian asked participants to respond "true" or "false" as quickly as possible to sentences such as "a canary is a bird" and "a canary is an animal" the results of this study suggests that
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info exists in a kind of network, with nodes of related info linked to each other in a kind of hierarchy
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in state-dependent learning, memories formed during a particular psychological or emotional state will be easier to recall while in a similar state
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true
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little georgia is learning the alphabet. when he recites the alphabet, he says "a, b, c, d, w, x, y, z". this is an example of
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serial position effect
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helena lives on a very busy street in NY. she makes no effort to remember how many times cars have passed down her street, however when asked she usually responds, "often" or "a lot". her ability to unconsciously notice the amount of cars that pass down her street is a result of
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automatic encoding
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Loftus and other researchers have demonstrated that memory
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is a process that constantly changes
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even after the passage of time, all memories remain completely accurate
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false
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kevin tells his friends that he knew all along who would win the fb game, his belief that he could predict the outcome of some of the games without having been told the winners in advance is an example of
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hindsight basis
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? syndrome refers to the creation of inaccurate or false memories through the suggestion of others, often while the person is under hypnosis
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false memory
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the curve of forgetting is a distinct pattern in which forgetting is very fast within the first hour after learning a list and then tappers off gradually
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true
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brenda called mike while he was in the middle of the meeting to ask him to pick up some milk on his way home from work. when mike got home he didnt have the milk and brenda was angry. mike may have experienced ?
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encoding failure
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macia and davio dated for several years, but recently broke up. marcia went out on a date with a man named Oliver, and while on the date, she mistakenly called his Davio. this is an example of
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proactive interference
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as a result of the removal of H.M.'s hippocampi, consolidation had become impossible
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true
