Cognitive app LAA - Remembering Flashcards
What is meant by memory retrieval?
the process of bringing information back from the long term memory
What are the 3 different memory stores?
Sensory register, Short term memory and long term memory
During retrieval what memory stores are being used?
short term and long term memory
After information is retrieved from long term memory, where does the information go?
it temporarily gets stored in the short term memory before if goes back to long term memory
What is the key term for information being moved from long term memory to short term memory?
memory retrieval
What increases the likelihood of information being forgotten?
the longer the information is not retrieved
what is meant by forgetting?
when information stored starts to decay
How does the mind avoid forgetting?
recognition and recall
Which method is the most effective in avoiding forgetting?
Recall
What is meant by recognition?
When you can identify information due to an external cue
What is meant by recall?
retrieving the information from the long term memory
What is the difference between recall and recognition?
recognition is when the information is familiar but cannot occur without a cue whereas recall can occur with/without a cue
Give an example of recognition
You know who created the multistore model of memory but you can’t remember their name
What type of process is recognition?
an unconscious process
what is meant by an unconscious process?
Something that occurs out of our control
What is meant by free recall?
when information can be pulled from the LTM without a cue
What is meant by cue recall?
When information can be pulled from the LTM with the help of a cue
How does cue recall occur?
During learning, we associate the info with either an internal (emotion) or external (environment) cue