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memory Flashcards

1
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What type of memory is used to remember how to ride a bike?

A

Procedural memory

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What type of memory is used to remember the definition of a word?

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Semantic memory

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What type of memory is used to recall the last digit of a number just read to you?

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STM, working memory

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What type of memory is used to recall the last scene of a film you just saw?

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STM, working memory

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5
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What type of memory is used to work out 102-25?

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STM, working memory

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What type of memory is used to remember a person’s name?

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STM, WM, LTM

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7
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What type of memory is used to remember the Capital of Spain?

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Semantic memory

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What type of memory is used to remember who you are?

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Semantic memory

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9
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What type of memory is used to recall what you had for breakfast yesterday?

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Episodic, LTM

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10
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What type of memory is used to recall what you saw before you entered the lecture hall?

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Episodic, LTM

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11
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What types of memory are declarative?

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Semantic (facts)
Episodic (events)

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12
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What types of memory are nondeclarative?

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Procedural skills
Semantic memory (priming)
Conditioning
Nonassociative (habituation, sensitization)

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13
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What is implicit memory?

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Nondeclarative

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What is explicit memory?

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Declarative

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15
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2 examples of rejected theories of memory:

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  1. every memory is treated the same
  2. every memory is treated differently
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16
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What are the 3 stages of remembering?

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  1. encoding
  2. Storage
  3. Retrieval
17
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What is encoding?

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The formation of a mental representation through processes occurring during the ‘to-be-remembered’ experience

18
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What is storage?

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Temporary (or more permanent) mental retention of some aspect(s) of the representation

19
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What is retrieval?

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Recovery or extraction of the mental representation from our mental storage system

20
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What is the capacity of short term memory?

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7+/-2 (Miller, 1956)

21
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How is short term memory coded?

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Phonological, visual, semantic (?)

22
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How long is the retention of short-term memory?

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Up to 30 seconds

23
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What is the capacity of the sensory registers?

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Large

24
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How is information coded into sensory registers?

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Literal copy of input

25
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How long is the retention of the sensory register?

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Up to 2 seconds

26
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What is the capacity of the long-term memory?

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no known limit

27
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How is long term memory coded?

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Largely semantic, some auditory and visual

28
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How long is the retention of long term memory?

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minutes to years

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