Memory

Question 1

What are the 3 stages of memory?

What does each stage do the information?

Answer 1

1) Encoding - transformation
2) Storage - retention
3) Retrieval - recovery

Question 2

Which type of memory does the multi-store memory model represent?

Answer 2

Working memory

Question 3

What are the 3 types of long term memory?

What do they consist of?

Answer 3

Episodic - autobiographical
Semantic - general knowledge about world
Procedural - skills based

Question 4

What does the serial position curve show?

Answer 4

The position of a word in a list influences how easy it is to recall

Question 5

What is the primacy effect?

Which type of memory retains this?

Answer 5

Recalling words at start of list

Long term memory

Question 6

What is the recency effect?

Which type of memory retains this?

Answer 6

Recalling words at end of list

Short term memory

Question 7

What is echoic memory?

Answer 7

Short term memory of auditory stimuli

Question 8

What is iconic memory?

Answer 8

Short term visual memory

Question 9

What is the digit span of short term memory?

Answer 9

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