Memory

Question 1

Adaptive Memory

Answer 1

remember what we need to remember

Question 2

3 Stages of memory

Answer 2

Sensory, Short term, Long term

Question 3

Memory

Answer 3

the ability to store and retrieve information over time

Question 4

3 functions of memory

Answer 4

encoding, storage, and retrieval

Question 5

Encoding

Answer 5

the process of transforming what we perceive, think, or feel into an enduring memory

Question 6

Storage

Answer 6

the process of maintaining information in memory over time

Question 7

Retrieval

Answer 7

the process of bringing mind information that has been previously encoded and stored

Question 8

Semantic encoding

Answer 8

the process of relating new information in a meaningful way to knowledge that is already stored in memory

Question 9

Semantic judegment

Answer 9

the meaning of words (Is hat a type of clothing?)

Question 10

Rhyme judgement

Answer 10

the sounds of the words (Does hat rhyme with cat?)

Question 11

Case judgement

Answer 11

participants have to think about the appearance of the words (Is HAT written in uppercase or lowercase?)

Question 12

The frontal lobe has to do with what type of judgement?

Answer 12

semantic judgement and organizational judgement

Question 13

The occipital lobe has to do with what type of judgement?

Answer 13

visual judgement

Question 14

More activity in lobes means what?

Answer 14

Better memory

Question 15

Visual imagery encoding

Answer 15

the process of storing new information by converting it into mental pictures

Question 16

Organizational encoding

Answer 16

the process of categorizing information according to the relationships among a series of items

Question 17

Hiarchy

Answer 17

grouping items according to their place in a logical outline within a particular area of knowledge

Question 18

Encoding survival related information draws on which encoding elements?

Answer 18

semantic, visual imagery, and organizational encoding

Question 19

Chunking

Answer 19

arranging information in units of manageable size to assist encoding

Question 20

What kind of chunking should be done to remember individual items ?

Answer 20

Larger chunks

Question 21

What kind of chunking should be done to remember a long strong of information in a particular order?

Answer 21

Smaller chunks

Question 22

clustering

Answer 22

ordering information in logical categories

Question 23

In which lobe does encoding happen?

Answer 23

left frontal lobe

Question 24

In which lobe does retrieval happen?

Answer 24

right frontal lobe