Ch.6 - Memory Acquisition & Retrieval Flashcards
Thinking about meaning
Increases recall
When remembering, two things are at play
The material and the connections made when learning the material
We story information in
Nodes
Nodes are connected by
Associative links
Nodes are activated when
They receive a strong enough input
When a node activation level reaches its threshold
The node fires, attracting attention
Nodes can receive activation
Directly or from neighbouring nodes
An example of a semantic (direct) connection is
Recalling the name of a song and a band at a quiz night
An example of an affective (indirect) connection is
A song sounding familiar
Recall is
Manually searching for a memory
Recognition is
A judgement based on earlier recall
Semantic recall is
The actual source
Affective recognition is
Familiar - recent or frequent
The hippocampus helps to
Encode source memory pathways
Rhinal cortex encodes
Familiar memories
Use of a pathway
Strengthens that pathway
Memories can be affective or semantic. They can also be
Explicit or implicit
Implicit memories are revealed by
Indirect tests
Explicit memories are revealed by
Conscious recall, such as episodic (specific event) or semantic (general knowledge)
Amnesia can be
Retrograde (before) or anterograde (after)
Damage to the hippocampus is likely to result in poor ___ while maintaining good function in ___
Direct memory tasks, indirect memory tasks
Damage to the amygdala is likely to result in poor ___ while maintaining good function in ___
Indirect memory tasks, direct memory tasks
An example of context driven memory recollection is
Divers who learn information under water recalling that information better when under water
