8] Long-Term Memory Flashcards
What is long-term memory
The system for storing most of our information for a long duration, having a large compacity and forgetting slower than STM.
What does the interaction between STM/WM and LTM do
It makes sense of what someone is saying to use or what’s going on around us
How do we get info from STM to LTM
1] Rehearsal of information
2] Coding, placing info into easily retrievable info
3] Imaging, creating visuals for verbal info
What is the serial position curve
It supports the suggestion of rehearsal of STM-LTM.
Memory is better for words at the beginning of a list than the end
What is the primary effect
Supports rehearsal as a mechanism for storge in LTM, assuming it begins after the first word is shown
What is the recency effect
Depicts words that are still in STM, hence easier to recall
What is explicit memory
Factual knowledge that is consciously recalled, for remembering memories.
Measured by direct test of memory
What is implicit memory
Is procedural/skill knowledge that not intended to remember.
Measure using indirect tests of memory
What is episodic memory
Memory of specific events/experiences that is temporally dated and uses mental time travel
What is semantic memory
General knowledge like facts and number, not associated with a specific time, access knowledge about the world
What is procedural memory
These are learned skills of procedures.
E.g: Riding a bike
What is priming
The ability to detect/identify stimuli using prior info
What is repetition priming
Test stimulus is same as/resembles the priming stimulus
Implicit: Practical implication examples
1] Advertising- Liking past seen ads more than new ones
2] Propaganda- Past info is more liked and used for the spread of fake news
What are the long term memory processes
Encoding - Info transferred to LTM
Storage- Storing/organising encode info
Retrieval- Accessing info from memory system
What is autobiographical memory
Memory for events in our life that have personal significance.
With both episodic and sematic elements
What is the function of autobiographical memory
1] Defining identify
2] Linking personal to public history
3] Grounding the self in experience
What determines what life events we remeber
1] Personal milestones
2] Highly emotional events
3] Significant events for the future
4] Transitional point in life
What is constructive memory
Memory influenced by prior knowledge, giving rise to schemas.
Constructive M: Misinformation effect
Memories can be modified or created by suggestions
E.g: Different words like smashed or hit
