Remembering Flashcards
1
Q
Define remembering.
A
- the activity of retrieving information from a memory store
2
Q
When does recall happen?
A
- when a piece of information is retrieved from a memory store
3
Q
What the two types of recall?
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- cued
- free
4
Q
What does cued recall demonstrate?
A
- are brain knows more than we think
5
Q
What are the two types of cues?
A
- meaningful cues
- cues without meaning
6
Q
What are cues without meaning also called?
A
- context related cues
7
Q
What is a meaningful cue?
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- remembering information about the topic after hearing the cue
8
Q
What is a context related cue?
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- learnt at the same time as you learning about or experiencing something
9
Q
What is an example of recognition in real-life?
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- multiple choice questions
- answers form as cues
10
Q
What is recognition?
A
- when we cannot recall information but can once seen
11
Q
What is recognition present?
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- we store more information in are long-term memory than we retrieve immediately
12
Q
What is a strength of remembering?
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- retrieval cues are used in real-life applications
- cues improve memory
- method of locci (around the house)
- mnemonics are a memory proved techniques on cues
13
Q
What piece of research is strength of remembering?
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- Tulving and Pearlstone 1966
14
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What is a weakness of remembering?
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- some cues are not important
- research showed context related cues means will remember information better in the context it was learnt in
