Memory 1 Flashcards
Clive Wearing said he was “dead until 5 minutes ago”- Why?
He couldn’t access a lot of his memory .
_____ ______ could recognise wife, remember his school and special music events but nothing else.
Clive Wearing.
Clive Wearing could still conduct an orchestra, what does this mean?
Means that he still had Procedural Memory/Skill memory eg. walking.
The ____ man had no memory of who he was or communicate but could play the piano very well.
Piano.
Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon increases with ______.
Age.
There are many different types of _______.
Memory.
What is the memory of who you are called?
Autobiographical Memory.
The memory of what a person knows is known as ______ memory.
Semantic.
What is memory about events called?
Episodic Memory.
The memory of skills is known as ______ memory.
Procedural.
What is prospective memory?
Our future intentions.
What is the Crovitz Technique?
Reporting memories elicited by a word probe. eg. “Think of memory elicited by a word probe”.
Studying memory was first proposed by ___________ in 1879.
Galton.
At what ages do we commonly remember events from?
At age 5/6 and ages in 20’s.
We often remember events from when we were 5/6 and when we were 20, what are these referred to as?
Reminiscence Bumps.
What are some problems with studying memory- using Crovitz Technique?
- Are the memory reports valid?
- Are they partial memories that have been reconstructed?
- Are these only rehearsed memories?
- Have these memories been self-censored?
Memories are often _______.
Constructed.
Name the 4 common ways to assess memory in experiments.
Free Recall (I saw…)
Cued Recall (recall with help of semantic recall)
Yes/No recognition (did you see tractor? …yes/no)
2-AFC (did you see tractor or submarine)
In a memory experiment we eliminate bias by having distractors and targets, what does this cause?
This causes hits and false alarms (person says they remember it when it never appeared.)
Describe the “saving effect” in terms of memory.
Previously remembered (or saved) items are easier to re-learn than brand new items.
In memory we have ______ superiority.
Picture.
What is meant by Picture Superiority?
We remember pictures better then words.
Why do we remember pictures better than words?
Because the stimuli tends to be more meaningful.
Emotional memories are often better ______ and more ______.
Remembered, Vivid.