Memory

Question 1

Recall

Answer 1

Asked to repeat and try to write down as much as they can remember

Question 2

Recognition

Answer 2

Being able to recognize if they had seen the word before

Question 3

Multi-store model

Answer 3

Incoming info is stored in short term memory and important info can be transferred to long term

Question 4

Encoding

Answer 4

Subject learns a list of words

Question 5

Retrieval

Answer 5

Subjects are tested for their memory of items in encoding phase

Question 6

Capacity

Answer 6

Humans can remember 7 plus or minus two items

Question 7

Rehearsal

Answer 7

Easier to remember something if actively rehearsing it

Question 8

Chunking

Answer 8

Can group information together to make it easier to remember

Question 9

Primacy effect

Answer 9

Memory is good for items encoded early in the list

Question 10

Recency effect

Answer 10

Recall for items said last are good

Question 11

Shallow level of processing

Answer 11

Requires little effort
Often directed at physical characteristics
Poor memory performance

Question 12

Deep level of processing

Answer 12

Requires more effort
Often directed at semantic characteristics
Better memory performance

Question 13

Encoding specificity

Answer 13

Memory encodes all aspects of an experience

Question 14

Fluency

Answer 14

The ease with which an experience is processed

Question 15

Attribution

Answer 15

Judgement that ties together cause with effect

Question 16

Lost in mall experiment

Answer 16

Loftus made up a fake experience to see if people remembered it, after being exposed to it a couple times, people thought it actually happened, even bizarre things

Question 17

Becoming famous overnight

Answer 17

Wanted to see if prior exposure to name would affect the fame rating

Question 18

Encoding

Answer 18

Info is converted for storage

Question 19

Storage

Answer 19

Info is retained in memory

Question 20

Retrieval

Answer 20

Info is recovered from memory when needed

Question 21

Phonological loop

Answer 21

maintains information that can be rehearsed verbally

Encapsulates original notion of short term memory

Question 22

Visuospatial sketch pad

Answer 22

temporarily represent and manipulate visual information

Question 23

Episodic buffer

Answer 23

Remembering specific past epidsones

Question 24

Central executive

Answer 24

Coordinates and manipulates information that is temporarily maintained in the buffers

Question 25

Working memory

Answer 25

Upgrade of short term memory that contains three buffers

Question 26

Declarative memories

Answer 26

Memory for factual information

Question 27

Non declarative memories

Answer 27

Learned actions and procedures
Skills
Conditioned responses

Question 28

Transfer appropriate processing

Answer 28

Memory is aided when similar processes are engaged at encoding and retreival
Better processing for words that rhyme

Question 29

Retroactive

Answer 29

If new information interferes with the retrieval of old information