Chapter 5 - Episodic Memory

Question 0

What proposal by Craik and Lockhart that the more deeply an item is processed, the better will be its retention?

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Depth of Processing

Question 1

What occurs when highly imaginable words are easy to learn because they can be encoded both visually and verbally?

Answer 1

Dual-Coding Hypothesis

Question 2

What is the proposal that retention is best when the mode of encoding and mode of retrieval are the same called?

Answer 2

Transfer-Appropriate Processing (TAP)

Question 3

What is it called when a learning situation in which the learner is unaware that a test will occur?

Answer 3

Incidental Learning

Question 4

What process is it when rehearsal whereby items are “kept in mind” but not processed more deeply?

Answer 4

Maintenance Rehearsal

Question 5

What process whereby items are not simply kept in mind, but are processed either more deeply or more elaborately?

Answer 5

Elaborative Rehearsal

Question 6

What is learning called when learning the learner knows there that there will be a test of retention?

Answer 6

Intentional Learning

Question 7

What strategy whereby a learner attempts to organize unstructured material so as to enhance learning?

Answer 7

Subjective Organization

Question 8

What was Tulving’s proposal that the encoding of episodic memories involves the left frontal lobe whereas their retrieval depends on right frontal areas called?

Answer 8

HERA (Hemispheric Encoding and Retrieval Asymmetry) Hypothesis