Memory textbook chapter

Question 1

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 1

can’t remember new information - what they did in therapy

Question 2

Retrograde amnesia

Answer 2

can’t recall past information  a wedding they went to

Question 3

Short term memory

Answer 3

info stored for a limited amount of time  can’t remember food specials

Question 4

Working memory

Answer 4

actively rehearsing info  difficulty adapting a recipe

Question 5

Long term memory

Answer 5

permanent storage

Question 6

Non declarative/implicit or procedural

Answer 6

knowing how to perform a skill and learning new ones  playing sports

Question 7

Declarative/explicit

Answer 7

knowing that something was learned

Question 8

subtypes declarative

Answer 8

• Episodic: autobiographic memory for contextually specific events –> what you had for breakfast
• Semantic: knowledge of general world/facts/vocab  dates of holidays

Question 9

Explicit

Answer 9

from events that have occurred in the external world, specific time and place

Question 10

Implicit

Answer 10

knowledge expressed without being aware of possession  skills, habits, subconscious

Question 11

Prospective

Answer 11

remembering to carry out future intentions  taking meds, return phone call

Question 12

Metamemory

Answer 12

awareness of own memory abilities  needing to make a list of errands

Question 13

Explain the review of evidence-based interventions

Answer 13

• Techniques aimed at improving underlying memory impairment such as memory drills have been unsuccessful in generalization to meaningful activities
• Best interventions to improve function involve compensatory strategies and restorative approaches with strategy training

Question 14

Describe the purpose and key components of an effective memory notebook

Answer 14

• Orientation, memory log, calendar, things to do, transportation, feelings log, names, today at work
• 3 stage approach of acquisition of how to use it, application of where/when to use it, and adaptation of how to update it

Question 15

Explain the impact of self-awareness training on one’s success with a memory notebook (how would you teach strategy for self-awareness?

Answer 15

W: what are you going to do?
S: select a strategy for the task
T: try out the strategy
C: check how the strategy is working

Question 16

Define errorless learning and four techniques

Answer 16

• Learning something by saying or doing it, rather than being told/shown
• Not given the opportunity to make a mistake

1. Providing the correct answer immediately
2. Backward chaining: therapist shows all steps for the task, next time does all except the last, slowly withdrawal cues
3. Forward chaining: therapist shows first step, then next 2 and so on
4. Combined imagery with errorless learning

Question 17

list at least two other compensatory strategies/tools for memory impairment

Answer 17

• Assistive technology and electronic memory aids

- Mnemonics