Longterm memory

Psychology 2145 with Depue at University of Colorado Boulder

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Korsakoff's syndrome

a condition caused by a prolonged deficiency of vitamin B1, ussually due to alcoholism

anterograde amnesia

loss of the abiliity to assimilate or retain new knowledge

retrograde amnesia

loss of memory for events that happened in the past

Long Term Memory

is the system that is responsible for storing information for long periods or time

primacy effect

superior memory for stimuli presented at the beginning of a sequence

Murdoch's Serial position curve

indicates that memory is better for words at the beginning and ending of a list rather than the middle

recency effect

superior memory for stimuli presented at the end of a sequence

Semantic coding

When you remember the general gist or meaning of something that happened in the past

recognition memory

is the identification of a stimulus that was encountered earlier

explicit memory

also called declarative memory

consists of episodic memory and semantic memory

Episodic memory

memory for personal experiences

semantic memory

stored knowledge and memory for facts

implicit memory

also called nondeclarative memory

MEMORIES that are used without awareness

priming

a change in response to a stimulus caused by the previous presentation of the same or a similiar stimulus.

procedural memory

also called skill memory,

Is memory for doing things

classical conditioning

another form of implicit memory

mental time travel

the experience of traveling back in time to reconect with events that happened in the past

priming

occurs when the presentation of one stimulus changes the response to a subsequent test stimulus

positive priming

causes an increase in speed or accuracy of the response to the test stimulus

negative priming

causes a decrease in the speed or accuracy of response to the test stimulus

repetition priming

type of positive priming that occurs when the test stimulus is the same as or resembles the priming stimulus

conceptual priming

occurs when the enhancement cuased by the priming stimulus is basd on the meaning of the stimulus

propaganda effect

participants are more likely to rate statements they have read or heard before as being true, simply because they have been exposed to them before

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By: Frank Folger
Created: 2011-09-25
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