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a stimulus for remembering a certain piece of information

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retrieval cue

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the connection between our surroundings and the information we remember

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encoding specificity

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encoding specificity that depends on the physical surroundings of a person when she learns specific information

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context-dependent specificity

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encoding specificity that depends on the psychological or physiological state of a learner when she learns specific information

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state-dependent specificity

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occurs when a person can remember information about a word, but not the word itself

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tip of the tongue phenomenon

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we tend to remember items at the start and end of a list better than items in the middle

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serial position effect

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since our STM wasn’t already full, we remember items at the beginning of a list more easily

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primacy effect

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since we just heard these items, we remember the items at the end of a list easily

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recency effect

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the ability to match a piece of information or a stimulus to a stored image or fact

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recognition

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when a person thinks she has seen something before, but really has not

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false positive

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occurs when memories move from the STM to the LTM with little or no effort

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automatic encoding

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strong memories often associated with major world events or very significant personal events

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flashbulb memories