Psychology chapter 8 - memory

Question 1

sensoric memory is divededinto 2

Answer 1

1) iconic memory
2) echoic memory

Question 2

Iconic memory is when

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There is a brief visual presentation
Hold the memory really short

Question 3

Memory is a process that allows us to

Answer 3

Record, store and retrieve
Experiences & information

Question 4

Variable response delay in iconic memory

Answer 4

When you have to wait longer in between the visual cue and recall
–> recall is more difficult

Question 5

Other word for short term memory

Answer 5

Working memory
- Because we work with the memory
- It is not only for storage

Question 6

Phonological loop (working memory)

Answer 6

Rehearse in brain without voculizing

Store and articulate/repeat what we hear
- Makkelijk interfereable

Question 7

Visual spatial sketchpad

Answer 7

Ability to temporarily hold visual and spatial info

Question 8

Episodic buffer

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Combines information from loop, visual sketchpad and long-term memory to create coherent episode

Question 9

Central executive

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Flexible system responsible for control and regulation of cognitive processes

Controls our action

Question 10

The consolidaiton hypothesis (long-term memory) states that

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Repetition trough time is enough for info to stay in long term memory

Question 11

Levels of processing hypothesis (long term memory) states that

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You need maintenance reheasel and elaborative rehearsal for info to stay in long term memory

Question 12

Mnemonic is a strategy to

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effectvely remember things

Question 13

Retrograde amnesia (retro = backwards)

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Loss of memory prior to an accident/stroke

Question 14

Anterograde amnesia (forward)

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Unable to make new memory/learn new things.
Because of lesion in hippocampys

Question 15

amnesia (memory lose) is due to damage to

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hippocampus

Question 16

parkinson is due to damag to

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substantia nigra

Question 17

Substantia nigra (uitleg NL)

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‘zwarte substantie”
Groep neuronen, die onderdeel vormen van de basale ganglia

Question 18

infentile amnesia

Answer 18

No memory before 3 y/o

Question 19

Sperling (A scientist)

Answer 19

Test iconic memory capacity and duration
Letter experiment
- Shows we record all letter
- But we lose some
- When you are told to focus on a few you will better memorize them

Question 20

2 limitations of the working memory

Answer 20

• Interference of speech
• Limited size

Question 21

Declarative memory (includes two subcategories) is

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involves factual knowledge, demonstrates this

Question 22

Episodic memory (subtype of declarative memory)

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Store of knowledge concerning personal experiences

• when, where, and what happened in the episodes of our lives. Your recollections of childhood friends, a favourite film, and what you ate this morning represent episodic
  memories.

Question 23

Semantic memory (subtype of declarative)

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Represents general factual knowlegde, about the world, language, memory for words and concepts

You know that Mount Everest
is the world’s tallest peak and that e = mc”.

Question 24

Explicit memory (LTM)

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involves conscious or intentional memory retrieval, as when you consciously recognize
or recall something.

Question 24

Procedural (non-declarative) memory memory)

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is reflected in skills and action

Question 25

Implicit memory occurs when

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memory influences our behaviour unconsciously - HM was able to form a procedural memory for performing the mirror-tracing task, although he had no conscious awareness of having learned it.

Question 26

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