MSM

Question 1

what are the 3 stages of memory

Answer 1

encoding
storage
retrieval

Question 2

what is the capacity for sensory memory

Answer 2

huge capacity

Question 3

duration of sensory register

Answer 3

less than half a second/milliseconds

Question 4

how does info pass from sensory register to STM

Answer 4

paying attention to it

Question 5

whats iconic memory

Answer 5

Visual sensory memory holds information for around 1.5 seconds

Question 6

whats echoic memory

Answer 6

Brief memory of sound last around two seconds Without remembering each individual word but able to understand the sentence After passed through the sensory register is either put in the STM or LTM

Question 7

how is stm encoded

Answer 7

acousically

Question 8

capacitySTM

Answer 8

7+/-2 items

Question 9

who found capacity stm

Answer 9

miller

Question 10

duration stm

Answer 10

18-30 seconds

Question 11

who found duration stm

Answer 11

petersen

Question 12

whats it called when we repeat info to ourselves in out stm

Answer 12

maintenance rehersal

Question 13

how do we pass info from stm to ltm

Answer 13

prolongued maintenance rehersal

Question 14

whats lack of rehersal cause

Answer 14

forgetting

Question 15

whats happens when stm becomes too full

Answer 15

displacement

Question 16

what needs to happen to pass info into ltm

Answer 16

make sense of info and assign it a verbal label

Question 17

how do we make a durable memory in ltm

Answer 17

using more cognitive effort like mnemonics,repitition, elaboration,association, quizzes

Question 18

how is ltm encoded

Answer 18

semantically

Question 19

whats the capacity ltm

Answer 19

unlimited

Question 20

duration ltm

Answer 20

very long time over 46 years

Question 21

who stated the duration of the ltm

Answer 21

bahrick

Question 22

how can we remember information

Answer 22

through retrival

Question 23

what happens when retrieval occurs

Answer 23

information is transfered back into stm

Question 24

what will happen after ltm moves back to ltm

Answer 24

hold info for brief period of time if we activelt reherse passing through maintenance loop then encoded and transferred back to ltm if dont actively maintain it will be forgotten

Question 25

how can info be lost in ltm

Answer 25

decay- lack of use- or interferance

Question 26

whats eposodic moemory

Answer 26

type of ltm that allows us to remember specific events or experiences from our personal past

Question 27

how is episodic memory encoded

Answer 27

A process called encoding specifically/epososdic encoding giving details to a specific event on the context which it occurred

Question 28

whats semantic memory

Answer 28

type of ltm that stores general knowledge and facts about the world

Question 29

how is semantic memory encoded

Answer 29

By elabrotive rehersal linking meaning or concepts to memories called semantic encoding

Question 30

whats procedural memory

Answer 30

type of ltm that allows us to remember how to perfrom skills and tasks

Question 31

how is procedural memory encoded

Answer 31

Through repetition and practise

Question 32

How is episodic memory retrieved

Answer 32

Process called retrieval queues which are triggered by sensory stimuli emotions or associations with other memories

Question 33

How is semantic memory retrieved

Answer 33

Through conscious effort, cues, related words/concepts to trigger retrieval of semantic infromation

Question 34

How is procedural memory retrieved

Answer 34

more automatically and unconsciously, muscle memory

Question 35

What’s maintenance rehearsal

Answer 35

Temporary Maintaining the new information in the short term memory usually works by repetition

Question 36

What’s elaborate rehearsal

Answer 36

Memory technique where you relate new information to existing knowledge and your long term memory making it more meaningful and easy to remember