Remembering

Question 1

what are the 2 ways we recall information

Answer 1

free- recall
cued- recall

Question 2

describe free recall

Answer 2

retrieving information from a memory store without any assistance

Question 3

describe cued recall

Answer 3

retrieving information with the assistance of a cue ( a trigger to rememember )

Question 4

what are the 2 types of cues

Answer 4

. meaningful cues
. cues without meaning

Question 5

whats a meaningful cue

Answer 5

something you learn with intention in order to remember a piece of information

Question 6

give an example of meaningful cues

Answer 6

mnemonics= memory improvement technique based on cues (such as we remember STM for short term memory)

Question 7

whats an un-meaningful cue

Answer 7

something unintentional happend at the same time as you are learning something- making that a cue

Question 8

give an example of an un-meaningful cue

Answer 8

if you were in a thunderstorm well you were learning information, the next time you were in a thunderstorm this may cue you to remember something about what you were learning

Question 9

whats recognition ?

Answer 9

The answer acts as a cue

Question 10

give an example of how we use recognition

Answer 10

. multiple choice questions
. not remembering a name but recognising it when you hear it

Question 11

what study shows there is research to support cues.
(strength)

Answer 11

Tulving and Pearlstones (1966)

Question 11

explain Tulving and Pearlstones experiment ?

Answer 11

.Participants were given a list of words that belonged to different categories (cat,dog) ( shirt, dress)

.Group 1 were given headings to the categories ( Animals=cat,dog) ( clothing= shirt,dress)

. Well group 2 were not given headings

.Both groups were asked to learn and recall these words

Question 11

what does recognition tell us about the LTM.

Answer 11

we can store more information in our LTM then what can retrieve immediately .

Question 12

what were the findings from Tulving and Pearlstones cue experiment

Answer 12

.Those who were given the headings (meaningful cues) recalled more words than those who didn’t.
.Cue-dependent forgetting explains the difference between the two groups. Those who recalled fewer words lacked appropriate meaningful cues.

Question 13

How do cues have practical applications ?
(strength)

Answer 13

techniques have been created such as Mnemonics,these are cues that trigger retrieval of information stores in our LTM.

Question 14

what is a weakness to cues

Answer 14

some cues don’t have practical applications (not very important in everyday life)

.such as context related cues.

. A context cue is the environment in which you learn the information in, acts as a cue.

. however it is rare that two contexts are similar