Chapter 10

Question 1

What is working memory associated with?

Answer 1

short term memory, sensory, perceptual, and attentional systems

Question 2

What does working memory play a role in?

Answer 2

decision making, problem solving, movement productions, and evaluation

Question 3

How does working memory function with long term memory?

Answer 3

it processes activities that are in the interactive workspace and integrates them with the long term memory.

Question 4

What is the length of time that information stays in the working memory?

Answer 4

duration

Question 5

What is the amount of information that stays in working memory?

Answer 5

capacity

Question 6

What is the length of duration?

Answer 6

20 - 30 seconds

Question 7

How much can capacity hold?

Answer 7

seven items (plus or minus 2)

Question 8

What is long term memory?

Answer 8

more permanent storage of information

Question 9

How long is duration for LTM?

Answer 9

it’s unlimited

Question 10

What is the capacity limit for LTM?

Answer 10

it’s unlimited

Question 11

What are the three types of LTM?

Answer 11

Procedural Memory
Semantic Memory
Episodic Memory

Question 12

What is procedural memory best at doing?

Answer 12

enables us “how to do” something as opposed to enabling us to know “what to do”

Question 13

What is semantic memory?

Answer 13

memory that has become our “general knowledge” from what we have developed through experiences

Question 14

What is episodic memory?

Answer 14

storage of personal experiences “mentally travel back in time”
-one of the strongest memories

Question 15

What makes up our knowledge structure?

Answer 15

declarative and procedural knowledge.

Question 16

What is declarative knowledge?

Answer 16

verbalized; “what to do”

-episodic and semantic

Question 17

What is procedural knowledge?

Answer 17

non - verbal; “how to do”

Question 18

What is the transformation of information to be remembered as storage?

Answer 18

encoding

Question 19

What is the process of placing information in LTM?

Answer 19

storage

Question 20

What is the capability to convert working memory to LTM?

Answer 20

Rehearsal

Question 21

What is the process of searching through LTM for information that needs to be accessed?

Answer 21

Retrieval

Question 22

What is a recall test?

Answer 22

a test that a person performs with few cues or aids

Question 23

What is a recognition test?

Answer 23

a test that a person performs where there a some cues or aids to base a response

Question 24

What happens to people who have trouble accessing memory during a explicit memory test?

Answer 24

They use an implicit memory test when they cannot verbalize correctly

Question 25

What are three causes of forgetting?

Answer 25

Trace decay
Proactive interference
Retroactive interference

Question 26

What is trace decay?

Answer 26

loss of information with the passing of time; effectively tested as a cause of forgetting only in working memory

Question 27

What is proactive interference?

Answer 27

forgetting caused by an activity that occurs prior to the presentation of information; Working memory, this affects movement information; LTM, not well known

Question 28

What is retroactive interference?

Answer 28

cause of forgetting due to an activity happening during the retention interval

Question 29

Movement can become meaningful to someone if it can be related to what they know is considered?

Answer 29

Meaningfulness of Movement.