LTM

Question 1

what is LTM

Answer 1

memory mechanism that can hold large amounts of info for long periods of time
info moves from STM to LTM with repetition
very well organized: easy retrieval
more recent = more detailed

Question 1

what is LTM

Answer 1

memory mechanism that can hold large amounts of info for long periods of time
info moves from STM to LTM with repetition
very well organized: easy retrieval
more recent = more detailed

Question 2

metacognition

Answer 2

selection of information processing strategies
- processes you want to use during learning
- how to maintain the new info
- find information retrieval strategies

Question 3

Serial position curve

Answer 3

plot of the % of participants remembering each word against the position of that word in the list
- primacy effect: tendency to remember items at the beginning of a list more easily
- recency effect: tend to remember items at the end of a list more easily

Question 4

coding

Answer 4

visual (create image in head)
auditory (create sound in head)
semantice (create meaning (BEST))

Question 5

what is LTM divided into

Answer 5

explicit: conscious recollection of events or facts (direct M tests)
implicit experience affects prs behav. w/o awareness of experience (indirect M tests)

Question 6

explicit memory

Answer 6

episodic memory: storage of event info and relationship btw event
- mental time travel
- specific/traumatic/unforeseen event: detailed M
- reliving the M
- I remember…
semantic memory: storage of general knowledge
- knowledge of words, principles, regulations, facts…
- I know that…

Question 7

interaction btw semantic and episodic M can help us

Answer 7

understand a situation or influence our experience

Question 8

autobiographical M

Answer 8

specific experiences, includes semantic and episodic (of my own life)

Question 9

personal semantic memory

Answer 9

semantic M that have personal significance

Question 10

effect of time

Answer 10

forgetting increasing at longer time interval after encoding
- familiarity: semantic M
- Recollection: episodic M
- Remember/know procedure
- Semanticization of remote M: loss episodic details as time moves forward

Question 11

types of implicit M

Answer 11

procedural: how to carry out highly practiced skills
- diff to explain w/o demonstrating
- very long M even when unused
Priming: presentation of priming stim changes prs rep to test stim
conditiong: pairing N stim w/ reflexive response