SEM 2 exam (memory)

Question 1

Recall

Answer 1

To supply or reproduce memorised information with a minimum of external cues

Question 2

Short term memory

Answer 2

The memory system used to hold small amounts of information for relatively brief time periods

Question 3

Eyewitnesses testimony

Answer 3

A person who witnesses a crime and later gets up on the stand and recalls for the court that witnessed event

Question 4

Sensory memory

Answer 4

The first stage of memory which holds an exact record of incoming information for a few seconds or less

Question 5

Cue dependent forgetting

Answer 5

Memories that are often available but not accessible

Eg. Tip of the tongue phenomenon

Question 6

Encoding

Answer 6

Changing information into a form that allows it to be stored in memory

Question 7

Interference

Answer 7

The tendency for new memories to impair retrieval of older memories and the reverse

Question 8

Long term memory

Answer 8

The memory system used for relatively permanent storage of meaningful information