MEASURES OF RETENTION X 4 R / SENSITIVITY OF RETENTION

Question 1

DEFINITION: MEASURES OF RETENTION (MOR)

Answer 1

• Measuring how much information is remembered/retained
• Also known as retrieval methods
• They are methods of assessing how much information has been stored in memory.

Question 2

SENSITIVITY OF RETENTION

From MORE to LEAST

• Re-learning
• Recognition
• Cued recall
• Free recall
• (Serial recall)

Answer 2

• Also known as RELATIVE sensitivity of retention
• MORE sensitive measure will register that a memory is present even if only a SMALL amount of the primary remains (easiest)
• LESS sensitive measure will only register that a memory is present when a LARGE proportion of the memory remains (hardest)

Question 3

RECALL (MOR) (LEAST)

Answer 3

• The retrieval of STORED information using no or few cues
• x 3 types
• Cued recall (minimal cues are used)
• Free recall (No cues are used. Retrieving information in any order)
• Serial recall (No cues are used. Retrieving/recalling information in the order it was presented)

Question 4

RECOGNITION (MOR)

Answer 4

• Correctly choosing learned information from a set of alternatives
• EXAMPLE: Multiple choice questions on a test
• DISTRACTORS: Incorrect options from a multiple choice question

Question 5

RELEARNING (MOR) (MOST)

100 X [(OL - RL)/OL]

Answer 5

• Also known as the savings method
• Process of learning something that has been previously learnt.
• The individual would be able to calculate later the amount of information retained in memory by subtracting this information from the original learning.

Question 6

RECONSTRUCTION (MOR)

Answer 6

• Remembering past events that have been stored in Long-term memory
• Putting them together during memory recall at a later date
• Remembering features/fragments of past events
• This can be INFLUENCED by present time