HCF - Memory Flashcards

1
Q

Difference between learning and memory

A

learning is the process of acquring new info about the world - memory is a product of learning

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2
Q

Name the 3 stages of memory

A

Encoding
Storage
Retrieval

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3
Q

Describe the modal model

A

sensory memory -(encoding)-> short term memory long term memory

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4
Q

How long can info stay in each type of memory

A

Sensory - 0.5-3 seconds
STM - 10-15
LTM - forever but lost over time

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5
Q

What is your sensory memory

A

contains about 12 items

echoic + iconic

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6
Q

How do items shift from sensory –> STM

A

attention

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7
Q

how do you keep info in your STM

A

active rehersal

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8
Q

What case studies cast doubt on Model modal and why

A

LTM can be intact in spite of impaired STM

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9
Q

What is the craik and lockheart model

A

depth of info processing that determines how well you remember it. depending on meaning

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10
Q

Baddely and Hitch say that….

A

there is a central processor , the brain activities show increased activity in frontal lobe when the central processor is working.

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11
Q

Describe the 4 memory systems

A

episodic - explicit events / the pasy
semantic - explicit facts/ knowledge
working - explicit phonologic phone number, spacial - mentally following route
procedural - explicit and declarative driving a car

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12
Q

what does explicit/declarative memory mean

A

conscious

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13
Q

Name the area of the brain responsible for each type of memory

A

episodic - temporal love (hippocampus) amygdala
semantic - inferolat temporal
working - prefrontal
procedural - cerebellum, supplementary motor area

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14
Q

two different types of amnesia?

A

retrograde b4 and anterograde after

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15
Q

What happened to HM

A

bilateral removal of mid temporal lobes. anterograde amnesia
also developed retrograde for 3 years before the op (suggest consolidating memory takes time)
working and procedural memories okay (could learn new tasks)
couldn’t recognise people he had met since the operation

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