AP PSYCH MEMORY

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The three-stage processing model of memory was proposed by:

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Atkinson and Shiffrin

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Who developed a theory of language acquisition that includes the concept of universal grammar?

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Noam Chomsky

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What type of memory is involved in remembering how to roller skate?

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Procedural memory

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What does the process of encoding refer to?

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Getting information into memory

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What is most likely the cause of forgetting your homeroom teacher's last name at a reunion?

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Retrieval failure

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What are the three stages of memory processing?

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Encoding, Storage, Retrieval

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What is the difference between episodic and semantic memory?

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Episodic memory is personal and specific to events, while semantic memory is general knowledge about the world.

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What is the role of working memory in the memory process?

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Working memory temporarily holds and manipulates information for cognitive tasks.

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What is the serial position effect?

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The tendency to recall the first and last items in a list better than the middle items.

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What is the difference between retroactive and proactive interference?

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Retroactive interference occurs when new information interferes with the recall of old information, while proactive interference occurs when old information interferes with the learning of new information.