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Gen Psych - Chapter 7
Gen Psych - Chapter 7
Gen Psych - Chapter 7
Chapter 7
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Reconstructing the Past
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Reconstructing the
past
Memory
B. Recognition
Implicit memory
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Three-box model of
memory
Sensory register
Chunk
Meaningful unit of information that may be composed of
smaller units
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The prior example in chunks:
2. Semantic memory
3. Episodic memory
4. Flashbulb memory
Contents of long-term
memory
Procedural memories
Memories for performance of actions or skills
“Knowing how”
Declarative memories
Memories of facts, rules, concepts, and events
“Knowing that”
Semantic memories
Episodic memories
2. F, V, B, H
3. U, I, K, M
4. K, M, N, O
How we Remember
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Rehearsal
Maintenance rehearsal
Rote repetition of material in order
to maintain its availability in memory
Elaborative rehearsal
Association of new information with
already stored knowledge and
analysis of the new information to
make it memorable
Which is correct?
B. Elaborative rehearsal
Deep processing
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Why we forget
Forgetting is adaptive.
B. False
The repression
controversy
Repression
In psychoanalytic theory, the selective, involuntary pushing of threatening
or upsetting information into the unconscious
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What do you think?
B. No
Childhood amnesia
Cognitive development
Absence of an adequate self-concept and underdeveloped cognitive schemas
Social development
Preschoolers do not understand the conventions of reporting experiences or focusing on details
important to others.