remembering Flashcards

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free recall

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we recall a piece of info when we receive it from a memory store such as STM without any assistance

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cued recall

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sometimes we can only recall something if we get assistance from a cue

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meaningful cues

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‘STM’ is a cue, you learn this at the same time you learn other material about the short term memory, contains the letter ‘S’ which triggers retrieval for ‘short’

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cues without meaning

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cues without meaning are also learned at the same time as you learn or experience something, if you are learning about STM and there is a thunderstorm outside next time there is a thunderstorm it may cue you to remember something about STM

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recognition

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In a multiple choice question you may recognise the answer answer, the answer acts as a cue

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Tulving and Pearlstone 1966

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recognition, asked pps to learn lists of words belonging to different categories, pps were then asked to recall the words, those who were given a category recalled more, the categories provided a context and provided retrieval cues

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