Slides 5 Flashcards
Recall
the act of retrieving information or events from the past while lacking a specific cue to help in retrieving the information
Give an example of recall in an exam
Fill in the blanks questions
Serial recall
requires participants to recall a list of items in a specific order, usually the order in which they were presented.
Free Recall
you are shown a list of items which must then be recalled, You can do the recall in any order
Cued recall
the retrieval of memory with the help of cues
Recognition
Identify the item as the one you encoded
Give an example of recognition in an exam
Multiple choice questions and true/false
What are the similarities between recall and recognition?
In both cases the ‘episode’ (source) has to be encoded
Main difference between recall and recognition
For recall we need elaborative rehearsal, to form a visual image of the material in our mind. We have a clear attention to the contect.
While, for recognition we maintenance rehearsal. So we repeated exposure to the material.
Source memory
The retrieval of contextual details. Episode, time, place, context
What kind of retrieval has recall?
Source memory
What kind of retrieval has recognition?
Source and/or familiarity
When is recall the best
When the contects of encoding and retrieval match the physical environment and the psychological context
Declarative memory
explicit memory
the ability to store and retrieve both personal information (i.e., episodic memory) and general knowledge (i.e., semantic memory)
An important life event, birthdate from mom. etc
Semantic memory
General knowledge and facts
