Flashcards
Psychology
Flashcards do conjunto (12)
- 1What is memoryThe capacity to retain and retrieve information
- 2ConfabulationClaiming something as your own
- 3What is Source amnesia-not sure if it is a memory or not
-remembering something but not everything about the memory - 4Explicit memoryrequires conscious recollection
- 5What is Recallthe ability to retrieve information encountered earlier
- 6What is Recognitionthe ability to identify previously encountered information ( generally easier than recall)
- 7Implicit Memory-Does not require conscious recollection
-Previously encountered material that effects us without our awareness
-measure by:
priming (initial learning)
&
relearning (savings) - 8What is Sensory Memorymomentarily preserves extremely accurate image of sensory information
- 9What is Pattern Recognitioncompares a stimulus to information already contained in long term memory
- 10Short term memoryretains information for brief periods
- 11Define Chunkingmeaningful unit of information which may be composed of smaller units
- 12Define the "final destination" for memoryLong term memory: long term storage of information
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- FlashCards sobre Psychology , criado por Ashley Nicolle H em 04-11-2014.
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- Ashley Nicolle H
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