HELPING WITH RETRIEVAL DP 11

Question 1

Recall

Answer 1

• Involves reproducing information stored in memory with few to no cues
• Bringing the information into conscious awareness and doing so provides evidence that something previously learned was retained

Question 2

Recall types

Answer 2

Free Recall, cued recall, serial recall

Question 3

Free Recall

Answer 3

Being able to access info from memory with no cues

Eg. recalling names of 7 dwarfs

Question 4

Cued Recall

Answer 4

Being able to access info from memory with the use of cues

Eg: naming the seven dwarfs after being given first letter of each name

Question 5

Serial Recall

Answer 5

Being able to access info from memory in a specific order with no cues
Eg. phone number

Question 6

Recognition

Answer 6

Access information from memory by identifying the correct info amongst incorrect alternatives
Eg. multiple choice

Question 7

Relearning

Answer 7

Learning info that has previously been learnt (as a means of assessing the amount of info retained from original learning)

Question 8

Saving score

Answer 8

Measures the percentage of info retained from original learning

Savings = no. of og trials OR time - no. of trials OR time for relearning / no. of og trials OR time

• Fewer trials/less time = information retained
  Eg. originally took u 20 times to learn how to ride a bike, now it takes 5, saving score = 75%

Question 9

Reconstruction

Answer 9

Demonstrating what is in memory by putting something back in order
Eg. remaking lego in a specific order