Memory

Question 1

Which parts of the brain are involved in episodic memory?

Answer 1

The medial temporal lobes including the hippocampus and parahippocampal cortex

Question 2

What are the 4 stages of the memory process?

Answer 2

1. Registration- input from our senses into the memory system
2. Encoding- processing and combining of received information
3. Storage- holding of the input in the memory system
4. Retrieval- recovering stored information from the memory system (remembering)

Question 3

What is non-declarative memory?

Answer 3

Familiarity with something, knowledge of how to interact with an object or in a situation without thinking about it- procedural memory for actions or behaviour

Question 4

What is declarative memory?

Answer 4

Store of our knowledge

Question 5

What are the two types of declarative memory?

Answer 5

Episodic- memory related to personal experience

Semantic- memory for facts and what we think of as general knowledge

Question 6

What is the misinformation effect?

Answer 6

Distortion of a memory by misleading post-event information

Question 7

What is the eyewitness testimony?

Answer 7

It is included within the misinformation effect, fear improves recall (victims have better recall than onlookers)

Question 8

Give some examples of strategies for enhancing memory?

Answer 8

By assimilation- linking words with previous knowledge/giving words a meaning e.g. ABC- airways, breathing and circulation
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