Chapter 6 - Long Term Memory Structure

Question 1

what is Korsakoff’s syndrome?

Answer 1

-> the inability to form new long term memories

Question 2

what does the serial position curve show?

Answer 2

-> that you are less likely to remember words in the middle of a list compared to those at the beginning and end

Question 3

what is the primacy effect?

Answer 3

-> the idea that memory is better for stimuli presented at the beginning or first

Question 4

what is the recency effect?

Answer 4

-> the idea that memory is better for stimuli presented at the end

Question 5

what is stronger, the primacy effect or the recency effect? why?

Answer 5

-> recency effect, because that information is most likely still in short term memory (30s)

Question 6

what is explicit vs implicit memory?

Answer 6

-> explicit = conscious
-> implicit = unconscious

Question 7

what is episodic vs semantic memory?

Answer 7

-> episodic = personal events
-> semantic = facts and general knowledge

Question 8

what is the downside of episodic memory?

Answer 8

-> it involves mental time travel and may not be accurate

Question 9

what are the three levels of the remember-know method?

Answer 9

1. remember the event and when they learned of it
2. remember the event but not when they learned it
3. no memory of either

Question 10

what level in the remember-know task was most common? what does this show?

Answer 10

-> remembering the event but not when they learned it
(shows that episodic memory fades but semantic stays intact)

Question 11

what type of memory is required to think about your own future?

Answer 11

-> episodic and semantic memory

Question 12

what is positive priming?

Answer 12

-> when previous exposure to a stimulus speeds up or facilitates processing of a related stimulus (increases speed and accuracy)

Question 13

what is repetition priming?

Answer 13

-> when the test stimulus is the same as the priming stimulus

Question 14

what is conceptual priming?

Answer 14

-> the enhancement caused by a priming stimulus due to the meaning (e.g. “chair” will facilitate the word “table” because they’re related by meaning)

Question 15

what is the propaganda effect?

Answer 15

-> the fact that you’re more likely to rate statements you’ve heard/read before as true

Question 16

can people who cannot form new LTM’s learn new skills?

Answer 16

yes

Question 17

what is classical conditioning?

Answer 17

-> pairing a neutral stimulus with a reflexive response