LTM pt 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What is the primacy effect?
A
memory better for stimuli presented at beginning
more time to rehearse, more likely to enter LTM
2
Q
what is Recency effect?
A
memory better for stimuli presented at end
stimuli still in STM
3
Q
What is the duration of LTM?
A
storage stretches from a few seconds toas far back as one can remeber
more recent memories tend to be more detailed
4
Q
What is the capacity of LTM?
A
very large
AVG vocab of collage student might be 20,000 word families
5
Q
what is implicit memory?
A
unconscious
non declaritive
6
Q
what is explicit memory?
A
conscious
declarative
episodic and semantic
7
Q
what is episodic memory?
A
memory for experiences
mental travel time
remembering
own personal experience
8
Q
what is semantic memory?
A
memory for facts
lacking a sense of time and place
Knowing
