Remembering

Question 1

What is remembering?

Answer 1

1. The act of retrieving information from a memory store

Question 2

What are the two types of recall?

Answer 2

1. Free recall
2. Cued recall

Question 3

What is free recall?

Answer 3

1. Retrieving info from the STM without assistance

Question 4

What is cued recall?

Answer 4

1. Retrieving info with the help of a cue

Question 5

What is a cue?

Answer 5

1. A cue is a trigger that allows us to access a memory
2. Some are meaningful
3. Some have no meaning- they’re but linked to the material in your memories such as an emotion

Question 6

What is recognition?

Answer 6

1. Remembering something because you’ve encountered it before

Question 7

What are the practical applications of remembering?

Answer 7

1. We can use memory techniques to help remember things
2. Such as mneumonics or acronyms

Question 8

What research is there to support it?

Answer 8

1. When given cues, people remember more
2. Shows cues are important

Question 9

What is a consequence of this theory?

Answer 9

1. Cues aren’t always useful
2. Context cues aren’t very powerful because environment aren’t very similar
3. Not all cues are equally important