Ch.6 - Memory Acquisition & Retrieval

Question 1

Thinking about meaning

Answer 1

Increases recall

Question 2

When remembering, two things are at play

Answer 2

The material and the connections made when learning the material

Question 3

We story information in

Answer 3

Nodes

Question 4

Nodes are connected by

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Associative links

Question 5

Nodes are activated when

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They receive a strong enough input

Question 6

When a node activation level reaches its threshold

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The node fires, attracting attention

Question 7

Nodes can receive activation

Answer 7

Directly or from neighbouring nodes

Question 8

An example of a semantic (direct) connection is

Answer 8

Recalling the name of a song and a band at a quiz night

Question 9

An example of an affective (indirect) connection is

Answer 9

A song sounding familiar

Question 10

Recall is

Answer 10

Manually searching for a memory

Question 11

Recognition is

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A judgement based on earlier recall

Question 12

Semantic recall is

Answer 12

The actual source

Question 13

Affective recognition is

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Familiar - recent or frequent

Question 14

The hippocampus helps to

Answer 14

Encode source memory pathways

Question 15

Rhinal cortex encodes

Answer 15

Familiar memories

Question 16

Use of a pathway

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Strengthens that pathway

Question 17

Memories can be affective or semantic. They can also be

Answer 17

Explicit or implicit

Question 18

Implicit memories are revealed by

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Indirect tests

Question 19

Explicit memories are revealed by

Answer 19

Conscious recall, such as episodic (specific event) or semantic (general knowledge)

Question 20

Amnesia can be

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Retrograde (before) or anterograde (after)

Question 21

Damage to the hippocampus is likely to result in poor ___ while maintaining good function in ___

Answer 21

Direct memory tasks, indirect memory tasks

Question 22

Damage to the amygdala is likely to result in poor ___ while maintaining good function in ___

Answer 22

Indirect memory tasks, direct memory tasks

Question 23

An example of context driven memory recollection is

Answer 23

Divers who learn information under water recalling that information better when under water