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Chapter 7: Attention and Memory
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- 1Parallel ProcessingProcessing multiple types of information at a time
" Cocktail Party Effect" - 2Three Steps of Memory- Encoding
- Storage
- Retrieval - 3Sensory MemoryBrief preservation of information in original sensory form
- Auditory: Echoic memory
- Visual: Iconic memory - 4Working memory (Short Term Memory)Keeps info available for current use
- Limited duration and limited capacity - 5ChunkingGrouping familiar stimuli for storage as a single unit
- 6Flashbulb MemoriesMemories that stick to one's mind very vividly because it is associated with emotions
- Not always accurate - 7SchemasCognitive structures that organize knowledge
- Helps us perceive and process information - 8Associated Networks ModelActivating one node increases the likelihood that associated nodes will activate
- 9Encoding SpecificityYou are likely yo remember something if you are in a familiar environment in which it was being processed
- 10Misinformation effectWhen a person i likely to remember something that didn't really happen just because someone told them it did happen
- 11CryptomnesiaWhen a person recalls something they think they made up but they are only taking someone else's idea without realizing it
- 12CryptomnesiaWhen a person recalls something they think they made up but they are only taking someone else's idea without realizing it
- 13Explicit MemoryConscious memories
- 14Declarative MemoryKnowledge we can consciously bring to mind
- 15Episodic MemoryPast experiences including time and place
- 16Semantic MemoryKnowledge independent of personal experience
- 17Implicit MemoryUnconscious Memories
- 18Procedural/Motor MemoryMotor skills / behavioral habits
- 19TransienceForgetting over time
- 20ProactivePrior information inhibits ability to remember new information
- 21RetroactiveNew information inhibits ability to remember old information
- 22AmnesiaDeficit in long term memory
- 23Retrograde AmnesiaLose of past memories
- 24Anterogorade AmnesiaLose of ability to form new memories
- 25RepressionSuppression of unwanted memories
- 26Memory BiasChanging memories to become consistent with current beliefs and attitudes
- 27Source MisattributionMisremebering specifics
- 28Source AmnesiaMemory of an event without knowing the source of the memory
- 29SuggestibilityMisleading info can bias memory
- 30ConfabulationUnintended false recollection of episodic memories
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