exam 1

Question 1

Encoding

Answer 1

acquisition of info

Question 2

retention

Answer 2

holding info in memory over time

Question 3

retrieval

Answer 3

remembering the past

Question 4

free recall

Answer 4

report everything you can

Question 5

example of free recall

Answer 5

essay test

Question 6

cued recall

Answer 6

given some info or cue to base your retrieval

Question 7

example of cued recall

Answer 7

short answer test

Question 8

recognition

Answer 8

selection from a list of items

Question 9

example of recognition

Answer 9

multiple choice test

Question 10

people usually do best on what time of test?

Answer 10

recognition

Question 11

Schema

Answer 11

organized knowledge structure that reflects an individual’s knowledge, experience and expectations

Question 12

When are schemas used?

Answer 12

during comprehension (encoding) and during remembering

Question 13

script

Answer 13

schema for a type of event (going to a restaurant)

Question 14

Schemas and scripts consist of ___ that can assume ___

Answer 14

slots that can assume values

Question 15

most typical values are ____

Answer 15

default values

Question 16

memory consists of both ___ and ___

Answer 16

details (verbatim/episodic memory) and abstractions/schemas (generic memory)

Question 17

key components of personal memory

Answer 17

rememberer believes it’s truthful, sensory images

Question 18

flashbulb memory components

Answer 18

type of personal event memory but is created when it’s unexpected

Question 19

example of flashbulb memory

Answer 19

assassination, eclipse

Question 20

6 canonical categories are

Answer 20

place, informant, own affect, affect of others, ongoing event, aftermath

Question 21

brown and kulik claim

Answer 21

rehearsal process draws it’s contents from the unchanging FB… this allows for a more verbal narrative

Question 22

who proposed NOW PRINT mechanism

Answer 22

brown and kulik

Question 23

why did the now print mech evolve?

Answer 23

odds of survival increases