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It's helpful to think of memory as a 3-step filing system. the 3 steps are:
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encoding storageretrieval
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the research that maps the physical structures, biochemical mechanisms, and "wiring" of the...
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biological
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the type of research that explores the mental operations involved in remembering is known as...
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information processing
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____________ may be defined as the residue of experience
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memory
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the 2nd leading cause of death in the US is
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cancer
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education and cognitively stimulating activities have consistently been associated with reduced...
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Alzheimer's
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the leading cause of death in the US is __________ disease
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cardiovascular
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the 2 most common chronic physical problems in aging are
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hyper tension and arthritis
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one of the most promising lines of research on longevity, which is related to theories that...
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calorie restriction
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studies that show changes in the same person or persons over time are called __________
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longitudinal studies
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studies that involve the assignment of people with in different age groups on one occasion...
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cross sectional
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the baby boom generation includes the 78 million Americans born between
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1946-1964
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a measure of how well a person can function in physical and social environment as compared...
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functional age
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in research, a study of a single case or individual is called a
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case study
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information-processing theorists visualize memory as consisting of at least 3 different but...
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sensory memoryworking memory long term memory
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methods that help people encode materials for long-term storage include:
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rehearsalorganizationelaboration
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Non-declarative information may be processed _______ bypassing working memory
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unconsciously
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the capacity of memory that seems to decline with age is
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short-term *working* memory
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the type of memory that seems to decline very little with age is
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long-term memory
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the brain structure which under the direction of the frontal lobes, initially encodes and retrieves...
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hippocampus
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long-term memory seems to be consolidated and permanently stored in the
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frontal lobe
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a mental ability that prunes out unneeded memories, prevents mental congestion, and permits...
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forgetting
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a successful procedure to help people with dementia _____ to learn and retrieve information...
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including Alzheimer'sspace retrieval
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memory is important to adult development because it gives _______ to our self-concept...
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meaning
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