Manipulation/improvement Of Memory

Question 1

Recall

Answer 1

Involves reproducing information stored in memory.

Question 2

Free recall

Answer 2

Involves reproducing as much information as possible in no particular order.

Question 3

Serial recall

Answer 3

Involves reproducing information in the order in which it was presented.

Question 4

Cued recall

Answer 4

Involves the use of specific prompts to aid retrieval and therefore the reproduction of the required information.

Question 5

Recognition

Answer 5

Involves identifying the correct information from among alternatives.

Question 6

Relearning

Answer 6

Involves learning information again that has been previously learned and stored in LTM.

Question 7

Context dependent cues

Answer 7

Environmental cues in the specific situation where a memory was formed that act as retrieval cues to help access the memories formed in that context.

Question 8

State dependent cues

Answer 8

Associated with an individual’s internal physiological and/or psychological state at the time the memory was formed, and act as retrieval cues to help access those memories.

Question 9

Mnemonic devices

Answer 9

Techniques for improving or enhancing memory.

Question 10

Acronyms

Answer 10

Pronounceable words formed from the first letters of a sequence of words.

Question 11

Acrostics

Answer 11

Involve making verbal associations for items to be remembered by constructing phrases or sentences using the first letters of the information to be remembered.

Question 12

Narrative chaining

Answer 12

Involves linking otherwise unrelated items to one another to form a meaningful sequence or story.

Question 13

Leading question

Answer 13

Has content or is phrased in such a way as to suggest what answer is desired or to lead to the desired answer.