CH 7

Question 1

Encoding

Answer 1

The process of acquiring info and transferring it to the LTM

Question 2

Retrieval

Answer 2

The process of transferring info from LTM to the WM

Question 3

Rehearsal

Answer 3

Repeating info over and over for the purpose of remembering it, keeps the stimulus active in STM

Question 4

Maintenance Rehearsal

Answer 4

Rehearsal that involves repetition without consideration of meaning or making connections to other info

Question 5

Elaborative Rehearsal

Answer 5

Involves thinking about the meaning of an item to be remembered, making connections between items and prior knowledge

Question 6

Maintenance

Answer 6

Helps maintain info in the STM/WM, but it is not an effective way of transferring info to the LTM

Question 7

Elaborative

Answer 7

More effective at transferring info to the LTM, occurs when thinking about the meaning of the item, and making connections between an item and something you know

Question 8

Transfer Appropriate Processing

Answer 8

Shows that memory performance is enhanced if the type of task encoding matches the type of task retrieving

Question 9

Consolidation

Answer 9

Process that transforms new memories, from a fragile state in which they can be disrupted, to a more permanent state, in which they are resistant to disruption. Use synaptic consolidation and systems consolidation

Question 10

Synaptic Consolidation

Answer 10

Occurs at synapses and happens rapidly over a period of minutes

Question 11

Systems Consolidation

Answer 11

involves the gradual reorganization of circuits within brain regions and takes place on a longer time scale, lasting weeks, months, years