AP Psych--Unit 5 Cognitive Psychology Questions and Complete Answers latest
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the persistence of learning over time through encoding, storage, and retrieval of
information (Myers 318) - Memory
the processing of information into the memory system--for example, by extracting
meaning (319) - Encoding
the process of retaining encoded information over time (319) - Storage
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AP Psych--Unit 5 Cognitive Psychology
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the persistence of learning over time through encoding, storage, and retrieval of
information (Myers 318) - ✔✔Memory
the processing of information into the memory system--for example, by extracting
meaning (319) - ✔✔Encoding
the process of retaining encoded information over time (319) - ✔✔Storage
the process of getting information out of memory storage (319) - ✔✔Retrieval
the processing of many aspects of a problem simultaneously; the brain's natural
mode of information processing for many functions. Contrasts with the
step-by-step (Serial) processing of most computers and of conscious problem
solving (319) - ✔✔Parallel processing
encoding that requires attention and conscious effort (320) - ✔✔Effortful
processing
encoding on a basic level based on the structure or appearance of words (324) -
✔✔Shallow processing
encoding semantically, based on the meaning of the words; tends to yield the
best retention (325) - ✔✔Deep processing
a neural center located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for
storage (330) - ✔✔Hippocampus
the focussing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus (152) -
✔✔Selective attention
, unconscious encoding of incidental information, such as space, time, and
frequency, and of well-learned information, such as word meanings (320) -
✔✔Automatic processing
additional rehearsal of information leads to increased retention -
✔✔Overlearning
the conscious repetition of information, either to maintain it in consciousness or
to encode it for storage - ✔✔Rehearsal
the encoding of meaning, including the meaning of words - ✔✔Semantic
encoding
memory aids, especially those technique that use vivid imagery and
organizational devices (323) - ✔✔Mnemonic effect
a mnemonic technique that involves associating items on a list with a sequence
of familiar physical locations - ✔✔Method of loci
the tendency to process efficiently and remember well information related to
oneself - ✔✔Self-reference effect
organizing items into familiar, manageable units; often occcurs automatically
(323) - ✔✔Chunking
it receives messages from the motor cortex but does not send back information
to the cortex for conscious awareness of procedural memory - ✔✔Basal ganglia
a mnemonic in which the items in a list to be remembered are associated with
the sequential items in a memorized jingle and then the list is retrieved by going
through the jingle and retrieving the associated items. - ✔✔Peg-word system
the immediate, very brief recording of sensory information in the memory system
(319) - ✔✔Sensory memory
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