Long Term Memory Quiz Flashcards
(including quiz, however I only got 9/10 right so one is wrong)
When people suffer from Korsakoff’s syndrome, they lose their _________ memory while their ________ memory remains intact.
-explicit; implicit
When investigating the serial position curve, delaying the memory test for 30 seconds does what to the recency effect?
-decreases it
When Jacquie was first learning ballet, her teacher explained how to do some of the common ballet steps - a plie, a pirouette, and a saute. Two years later, Jacquie can do these steps without thinking about it. Which type of memory does this demonstrate?
-procedural memory
The cases of E.P. who had a stroke and Clive Wearing who lost his memory after an illness demonstrate what about STM and LTM?
-STM can operate normally while LTM is impaired
Explicit memory is to ____ as implicit memory is to ____.
-declarative; non-declarative
Memories that have personal significance are called ____________ memories.
-personal autobiographical
Trina is attending a wedding shower where she will meet some of her fiance’s family for the first time. Her future mother-in-law introduces her to small groups of people. In the first group, Trina is introduced to four cousins by their first names only. The same thing happens with a second group and a third group. When Trina is introduced to the fourth group, she is told their names and that one of the women in the group is a lawyer. A little while later, Trina realizes that the only names she remembers are those from the first group, but she can also remember that a woman in the last group was a lawyer. Trina’s experience demonstrates what?
-a build-up and release of proactive interference.
The predominant type of coding in long-term memory is?
-semantic
When your grandfather tells you he once saw the Beatles in concert, he is drawing on ______________ memory.
-episodic
The idea that our memories are connected to our future is known as the?
-constructive episodic simulation hypothesis
