PSYC 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: American Sign Language, Problem Solving, 18 Months

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Initial momentary storage: short-term = 15 to 25 seconds, long-term = relatively permanent, iconic visual, echoic hearing. Chunks = a meaningful group of stimuli that can be stored as a unit in short term memory (up to 7 groups or numbers) Working (baddeley) a set of active, temporary memory stores that actively manipulate and rehearse information. Declarative memory for factual information like names, faces and dates. Episodic memory for events that occur in a specific time place or context. Semantic networks mental representation of clusters of interconnected information. Levels emphasize the degree to which new material is mentally analyzed. Explicit memory intentional or conscious recollection of information. Implicit memory unconscious memory can effect behavior: priming a word that brings back memory, flashbulb memory a picture that brings back memory. Constructive processes memories influenced by the meaning we give to events: schemas bodies of info that bias the way new info is intercepted, stored and recalled.

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