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Chapter 10

Terms in this set (10)

Atkinson and Shiffon model of Memory
Describes the structure and function of memory
Memory is a computer hardware (a sensory, ST and LT registry)
3 Systems in LTM
Episodic, Semantic, Procedural (kinesthetic)
Episodic memory:
Knowledge of personally experienced events
Semantic Memory
General knowledge of the world. States of the world that are not perceptually present.
Procedural Memory
Kinesthetic; storing/retreiving info about motor skills. how we know how to do something!!
Proactive interference
A cause of forgetting because of an activity that occurred PRIOR to the thing that has to be remembered.
Retroactive interference
A cause of forgetting because of an activity that happened AFTER the movement we have to remember; during the retention trial
Coninuous skills
are remembered well
Verbal Components of skills
are easy to forget!
Memory...
partly depends on context?
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