Memory Review

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The process of getting information into memory is called

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encoding

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Encoding that occurs with no effort or a minimal level of conscious attention is known as

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automatic processing

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The process by which information is encoded by its meaning is called

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semantic encoding

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The organization of information into meaningful units is called

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chunking

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Timmy learns the sentence, “George eats old gray rats and paints houses yellow” to help him remember how to spell “geography.” He is using

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a mnemonic device

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Our immediate short-term memory for new material is limited to roughly ___ bits of information

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Conscious memory of factual information is called ___ memory

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explicit

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The increased efficiency of neural circuitry that contributes to memory storage is known as

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long term potentiation

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Iconic memory refers to

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photographic, or picture image memory that lasts for only about a second

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Unlike implicit memories, explicit memories are processed by the

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hippocampus