Memory

Question 1

What is long term memory

Answer 1

The system that stores large amounts of information for a long period of time
Usually things that have made a personal or emotional impact will pass to LTM
Information must be rehearsed to enter LTM
Once info is stored in our LTM it may be difficult to recall on demand

Question 2

how can we retrieve information from our LTM

Answer 2

• Retrieval Cues are stimuli that are associated with the info stored in your memory and can help bring it to mind
  Some external aspects are a certain place, sight, sound or smell

Question 3

Is forgetting bad?

Answer 3

• forgetting may be the brain’s frontline strategy in processing incoming information. Forgetting is essential, because the biological goal of the brain’s memory apparatus is not preserving information, but rather helping the brain make sound decisions