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| 5876513300 | Memory | The persistence of learning over time through the encoding, storage and retrieval of information. | 0 | |
| 5876517800 | Encoding | the processing of information into the memory systems | 1 | |
| 5876519235 | Storage | the process of retaining encoded information over time | 2 | |
| 5876520470 | Retrieval | the process of getting information out of memory storage | 3 | |
| 5876522262 | Parallel Processing | the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously | 4 | |
| 5876523190 | Sensory Memory | the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system | 5 | |
| 5876524530 | Short-Term Memory | activated memory that holds a few items briefly | 6 | |
| 5876525844 | Long-Term Memory | the relatively permanent and limitless storehouse of the memory system | 7 | |
| 5876532087 | Working Memory | a newer understanding of short-term memory that focuses on conscious, active processing of incoming auditory and visual-spatial information, and of information retrieved from long-term memory | 8 | |
| 5876533682 | Explicit Memory | memory of facts and experiences that one can consciously know and "declare." | 9 | |
| 5876534899 | Effortful Processing | encoding that requires attention and conscious effort | 10 | |
| 5876537661 | Automatic Processing | unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time and frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings | 11 | |
| 5876537662 | Implicit Memory | retention independent of conscious recollection | 12 | |
| 5876540732 | Iconic Memory | a momentary sensory memory of visual stimuli | 13 | |
| 5876541891 | Echoic Memory | a momentary sensory memory of auditory stimuli | 14 | |
| 5876543528 | Chunking | organizing items into familiar, manageable units | 15 | |
| 5876544466 | Mnemonics | memory aids, especially those techniques that use vivid imagery and organizational devices | 16 | |
| 5876546816 | Spacing effect | the tendency for distributed study or practice to yield better long-term retention than is achieved through massed study or practice | 17 | |
| 5876548169 | Testing Effect | enhanced memory after retrieving, rather than simply rereading information | 18 | |
| 5876551496 | Shallow Processing | encoding on a basic level based on the structure or appearance of words | 19 | |
| 5876552583 | Deep Processing | encoding semantically, based on the meaning of the words; tends to yield the best retention | 20 | |
| 5876554004 | Flashbulb Memory | a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event | 21 | |
| 5876556706 | Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) | an increase in a cell's firing potential after brief, rapid stimulation | 22 | |
| 5876558549 | Recall | a measure of memory in which the person must retrieve information learning earlier | 23 | |
| 5876560062 | Recognition | a measure of memory in which the person need only identify items previously learned | 24 | |
| 5876561302 | Relearning | a measure of memory that assesses the amount of time saved when learning material again | 25 | |
| 5876562413 | Priming | the activation, often unconsciously, of particular associations in memory | 26 | |
| 5876564855 | Mood Congruent Memory | the tendency to recall experiences that are consistent with one's current good or bad mood | 27 | |
| 5876566814 | Serial Position Effect | our tendency to recall best the last and first items in a list | 28 | |
| 5876577064 | Recency Effect | briefly recalling the last items in a list especially quickly and well | 29 | |
| 5876578496 | Primacy Effect | Recalling the first items in the list quickly and well | 30 | |
| 5876582117 | Anterograde Amnesia | an inability to form new memories | 31 | |
| 5876583622 | Retrograde Amnesia | an inability to retrieve information from one's past | 32 | |
| 5876585079 | Proactive Interference | the disruptive effect of prior learning on the recall of new information | 33 | |
| 5876586167 | Retroactive Interference | the disruptive effect of new learning on the recall of old information | 34 | |
| 5876587331 | Repression | in psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories | 35 | |
| 5876588848 | Misinformation Effect | incorporating misleading information into one's memory of an event | 36 | |
| 5876590570 | Source Amnesia | attributing to the wrong source an event we have experienced, heard about, read about, or imagined | 37 | |
| 5876592528 | Concept | a mental grouping of similar objects, events, ideas, or people | 38 | |
| 5876592529 | Prototype | a mental image or best example of a category | 39 | |
| 5876593285 | Creativity | the ability to produce novel and valuable ideas | 40 | |
| 5876596332 | Convergent Thinking | narrows the available problem solutions to determine the single best solution | 41 | |
| 5876597574 | Divergent Thinking | expands the number of possible problem solutions | 42 | |
| 5876597575 | Algorithm | a methodical, logical rule or procedure that guarantees solving a particular problem | 43 | |
| 5876598440 | Heuristic | a simple thinking strategy that often allows us to make judgments and solve problems efficiently | 44 | |
| 5876599670 | Insight | a sudden realization of a problem's solution | 45 | |
| 5876601002 | Confirmation Bias | a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence | 46 | |
| 5876601003 | Mental Set | a tendency to approach a problem in one particular way, often a way that has been successful in the past | 47 | |
| 5876601940 | Intuition | an effortless, immediate, automatic feeling or thought, as contrasted with explicit, conscious reasoning | 48 | |
| 5876605081 | Representative Heuristic | judging the likelihood of things in terms of how well they seem to match particular prototypes | 49 | |
| 5876607414 | Availability Heuristic | estimating the likelihood of events based on their availability in memory | 50 | |
| 5876610311 | Belief Perseverance | clinging to one's initial conceptions after the basis on which they are formed has been discredited | 51 | |
| 5876611344 | Framing | the way an issue is posed | 52 | |
| 5876612864 | Language | our spoken, written, or signed words and the ways we combine them to communicate meaning | 53 | |
| 5876612865 | Phoneme | in language, the smallest distinctive sound unit | 54 | |
| 5876614548 | Morpheme | in a language, the smallest unit that carries meaning | 55 | |
| 5876616766 | Grammar | in a language, a system of rules that enables us to communicate with and understand others | 56 | |
| 5876616767 | Semantics | the set of rules for deriving meaning from sounds | 57 | |
| 5876618348 | Syntax | the set of rules for combining words into grammatically sensible sentences | 58 | |
| 5876619896 | Babbling Stage | the stage of speech development in which the infant spontaneously utters various sounds at first unrelated to the household language | 59 | |
| 5876622202 | One-Word Stage | the stage in speech development, from about age 1 to 2 | 60 | |
| 5876623755 | Two-Word Stage | the stage in speech development from about age 2 | 61 | |
| 5876629332 | Telegraphic Speech | early speech state in which a child speaks using mostly nouns and verbs | 62 | |
| 5876630571 | Aphasia | impairment of language | 63 | |
| 5876632522 | Broca's Area | controls language expression | 64 | |
| 5876632523 | Wernicke's Area | controls language reception | 65 | |
| 5876636917 | Linguistic Determinism | Whorf's hypothesis that language determines the way we think | 66 |
