Key Question Flashcards
How many people in the U.K. have dementia?
850,000
What is dementia?
A progressive problem with processing information including memory
Is there a cure for dementia?
No
Give 2 symptoms of dementia
Memory loss and a lack of understanding
What does dementia do to a person’s ability to function?
Inhibits it
How can the MSM be applied to dementia?
Can’t rehearse things elaborately so new memories can’t be made
How can WMM be applied to dementia?
They can’t use the different slave systems so must do one task at a time
How can Tulving be applied to dementia?
Lose their episodic memory before their semantic
How can reconstructive memory be applied to dementia?
Schemas get muddled up
How can Baddeley support the WMM?
Conducted a task of looking for a Z in different letters and similar letters. Dementia patients performed worse on the more difficult task
Shows problems with their CE
How can Jahn support the MSM?
Showed that both the LTM and WMM decline with the onset of Alzheimers
How can Peterson and Peterson support the MSM?
Rehearsal without distraction helps transfer things to the LTM
