week 11 memory Flashcards

(12 cards)

1
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the type of memory that people ima. group share

A

collective memory

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2
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the principle that unusual events wil be recalled and recognized better than uniform events

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distinctiveness

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3
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a highly detailed and vivid memory of an emotionally significant event

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flashbulb memory

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4
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the hypothesis that a retrieval cue will be effective to the extent that information encoded from the cue overlaps or magfhed information in the engram or memory trace

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encoding specificity principle

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5
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cue overload princie

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the theory that the most memories that are associated to a particular retrieval cue the less effective the cue will be in printing retrieval of any one memory

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6
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a term indicating the change in the nervous system representing an event also memory trace

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engrams

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7
Q

5 reason that cause forgetting

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endcoding failure
decay
lack of retrieval cues
new experiences affecting consolidation (interference) so other memories getting in the way of desired memory
trying not to remember

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9
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declarative memory

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conscious memories for facts and events

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10
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anterigrade amnesia

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inability to form new memories for facts and events after the onset of amnesia

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11
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misinformation effect

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when information after an event is remembered as having been part of the original event

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