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General psychology

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semantic memories

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Generic, categorical memories, such as the meanings of words and concepts.

informational influence

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Group effects that arise from individuals' desire to be correct and right and to understand how best to act in a given situation.

normative influence

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Group effects that arise from individuals' desire to be liked, accepted, and approved of by others.

unconscious inference

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Helmholtz's term for perception that occurs outside of conscious awareness.

cognitive processes

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Higher mental processes, such as perception, memory, language, problem solving, and abstract thinking.

metamemory

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Implicit or explicit knowledge about memory abilities and effective memory strategies; cognition about memory.

recency effect

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Improved memory for items at the end of a list.

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