memory 1

Question 1

what is free recall?

Answer 1

reproducing material from memory (unconstrained way)

Question 2

what is cued recall?

Answer 2

reproducing a specific item from memory when provided with a specific cue

Question 3

what is recognition?

Answer 3

deciding whether you have seen something previously when it is presented to you again

Question 4

what is the difference between explicit and implicit tests of memory?

Answer 4

explicit= participant knows they are being tested
implicit= participant doesn’t know that they are being tested- infer memory due to behaviour change

Question 5

who proposed the two types of memory?

Answer 5

James

Question 6

what is primary memory?

Answer 6

items held in conscious thought

Question 7

what is secondary memory?

Answer 7

accessing items from long term memory

Question 8

what can memory be broken down into?

Answer 8

episodic memory (sensory/short term/long term)
semantic memory

Question 9

who proposed the multi store model of memory?

Answer 9

Atkinson and Shiffrin

Question 10

what is the multi store model of memory divided into?

Answer 10

sensory register
short term store
long term store

Question 11

what is the sensory register?

Answer 11

brief sensory store
iconic (visual) and echoic (auditory) memory

Question 12

what is the short term store of memory?

Answer 12

primary memory
limited capacity
limited duration
maintained by rehersal

Question 13

what is the long term store of memory?

Answer 13

secondary memory
unlimited capacity
unlimited duration

Question 14

who tested sensory memory visually?

Answer 14

Jevons
Averbach

Question 15

how did Jevons test sensory memory?

Answer 15

threw a handful of beans into a black tray containing a white box
had to immediately answer how many items are in the box
accurate for up to 8 beans

Question 16

how did Averbach test sensory memory?

Answer 16

used a Tachistoscope to dsisplay patterns of dots for brief intervals masked by erasing pattern
estimate the number of dots
the accuracy of this depended on exposure duration
difficulties with more than 8 dots

Question 17

who conducted a partial report procedure?

Answer 17

Sperling

Question 18

what happened in the partial report procedure?

Answer 18

when a participant was asked to recall a whole grid of 12 items- max recall was 4/5 items
however, if told to immediately recall one row- perfomance nearly 100% accurate
if this recall was delayed however, performance decreased again

Question 19

what do Sperling’s result support?

Answer 19

the idea of a brief sensory store= iconic memory

Question 20

what disputes the idea of a brief sensory store?

Answer 20

-if cued item by item capacity can be larger
-duration may be longer than estimated
-memory trace may be the same as short term memory