Memory

Question 1

episodic memory

Answer 1

long term memory store for personal events, memories are time stamped and consciously retrieved

Question 2

yerkes-dodson

Answer 2

a moderate level of anxiety is optimal for recall, too much or too little anxiety may impair recall

Question 3

working memory model

Answer 3

deals with the active processing of current info being worked on

Question 4

proactive interference

Answer 4

forgetting occurs when older memories disrupt the recall of newer memories, similarity of info increases the likelihood of interferences and thus forgetting

Question 5

decay

Answer 5

the loss of info that can be held in a memory store

Question 6

coding

Answer 6

the format in which info is converted and stored within a memory store

Question 7

retroactive interference

Answer 7

forgetting occurs when newer memories disrupt the recall of older memories

Question 8

displacement

Answer 8

the loss of info due to limited capacity of STM

Question 9

semantic

Answer 9

long term memory store for our knowledge of the world, it includes facts and meanings. sometimes require conscious retrieval

Question 10

procedural

Answer 10

long term memory store for our knowledge of how to do things including learnt actions and skills

Question 11

maintenance rehearsal

Answer 11

repeating a piece of info to retain it in the memory store and transfer info from STM to LTM

Question 12

encoding specificity prinliple

Answer 12

Tulving’s concept that the same cue must be present at learning and retrieval in order to enable recall

Question 13

visuospatial sketch pad

Answer 13

component of the WWM that processes visual and spatial info in order to enable recall

Question 14

digit span test

Answer 14

technique to measure the capacity of STM, involving the processes of an increasing string of numbers

Question 15

episodic buffer

Answer 15

added in 2000, component of WWM the combines processed material from the other sub components, provides a gateway to LTM

Question 16

central exclusive

Answer 16

component of WWM with a very limited capacity that coordinates the activities of the ‘slave systems’

Question 17

cognitive interview

Answer 17

method of investigating eye witness to increases the accuracy of their recall, involves: report everything, mentally reinstate the context, reverse the order and change perspective

Question 18

misleading information

Answer 18

incorrect info given to an eye witness

Question 19

chuncking

Answer 19

grouping sets of data of digits or letters into groups to increase STM capacity

Question 20

phonological loop

Answer 20

component of WWM that processes written and spoken info, subdivided into the phonological store and articulatory process

Question 21

state dependent forgetting

Answer 21

a type of retrieval failure, due to lack of emotional or physiological cue, info cannot be retrieved from LTM, it is available yet not accessible

Question 22

context state forgetting

Answer 22

a type of retrieval failure due to lack of environmental cue, info cannot be retrieved from LTM