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| 3525867651 | Sensory Memory | separate sensory store for each system (vision, hearing, ect) holds brief traces of all info registered by that system - unconscious processes may operate on these traces to determine which information to pass on to working memory | 0 | |
| 3525884322 | Working Memory | where conscious mental work takes place on info brought in from sensory mem and long term memory - also called short-term memory b/c info in it that is not longer attended to quickly disappears | 1 | |
| 3525920531 | Long-Term Memory | repository of all that a person knows - info here is dormant, being actively processed only when it is brought into working memory | 2 | |
| 3525930696 | Control Processes | Attention - brings info from sensory memory into working mem Encoding - brings info from working mem to long-term Retrieval - brings info from long-term into working mem | 3 | |
| 3525944925 | Focused Attention | selective listening and viewing studiesshow that we can effectively focus attention, screening out irrelevant stimuli - we are aware of physical qualities, not meaning of stimuli that we do not attend to | 4 | |
| 3525957941 | Shifting Attention | we unconsciously monitor unattended stimuli - in case we need to shift attention later - preattentive processing for meaning | 5 | |
| 3525971343 | Preattentive Processing | unattended sensory info can affect conscious thought and behavior -- Stroop Interference Effect (colors and words of colors) | 6 | |
| 3525981257 | Brain Mechanism | preattentive and conscious processing for meaning involve many of same brain areas | 7 | |
| 3526049520 | Phonological Loop | maintains verbal info thru subvocal repetition and permits vocal thought | 8 | |
| 3526054260 | Visuospatial Sketchpad | permits us to hold and process mental images | 9 | |
| 3526061995 | Active Processing | without processing, info is quickly lost from working mem | 10 | |
| 3526067678 | Dual-Task Performance | we can perform two tasks simultaneously if one involves only the phonological loop and the other only the visuospatial sketchpad - if both involved -> mental interference | 11 | |
| 3526075936 | Brain Areas Involved | mental rehearsal of words involved activity in same brain areas as speaking/listening to words - "what" and "where-and-how" pathways involved in mental imagery in ways that correspond to their roles in visual perception | 12 | |
| 3526095111 | Central Executive | prefrontal cortex -> responsible for regulating and coordinating the mind's activities | 13 | |
| 3526108826 | Elaboration | actively extending one's understanding of something - connecting it with info already in long-term mem | 14 | |
| 3526159662 | Chunking | facilitates encoding by grouping seperate items into one high-level units | 15 | |
| 3526163083 | Organizing | organizing info into logical hierarchy facilitates encoding and retrieval - visualizing verbally presented info may improve memory | 16 | |
| 3526176302 | Temporal Lobe Amnesia | lack abilities to form new long-term memories - can form and use implicit memories - show greater loss of episodic memory than of semantic memory | 17 | |
| 3526190790 | Retrograde Amnesia | long-term memories exist first in lable form, becoming more stable through consideration | 18 | |
| 3526201457 | Remembering | frequent recall sleep shortly after learning | 19 | |
| 3526209942 | Mental Associations | links among items of info in long-term memory which provide basis for retrieval - principles of continuity and similarity | 20 | |
| 3526219000 | Network Models | describe long-term memory as vast web of associations that vary in strength - activation can spread along associative pathways - environmental context | 21 | |
| 3526227445 | Memories | constructed and reconstructed - schmas and scripts (represent our general knowledge and beliefs) affecet memory construction, assist memory -- can be distorted by leading questions, suggestions, imagination, source confusion, social pressures | 22 | |
| 3526254788 | Explicit Memory | can be brought into consciousness | 23 | |
| 3526256473 | Implicit Memory | can't be brought into consciousness - can influence thought and behavior | 24 | |
| 3526266374 | Explicit - Episodic/Semantic | Episodic - memory of particular past experiences Semantic - store of general knowledge and beliefs | 25 | |
| 3526279672 | Implicit - Procedural/Priming | 26 |
