Structure and Processes

Question 1

Episodic memory ?

Answer 1

Memory for life events

e.g. Remembering a family holiday.

Question 2

Semantic memory ?

Answer 2

Memory for facts

e.g. Remembering penguins are a type of bird

Question 3

Procedural memory ?

Answer 3

Memory for skills

e.g. remembering how to insert a SIM card into a phone

Question 4

what is a cue ?

Answer 4

a presentation of related info, or part of the memory such as the first letter of a name or word.

Question 5

what is a hippocampus ?

Answer 5

Area of the limbic system- involved in the formation of new semantic and episodic long term memories.

Question 6

What are the two ways information can be retrieved ?

Answer 6

1) RECOGNITION - info or stimulus is repeated and person compares it to what is in their memory. A multiple choice tests makes use of recognition memory.
2) CUED RECALL - a prompt or reminder, e.g. seeing an initial and remembering their name.
3) FREE RECALL - stimulus is not present and there is no cue, person retrieves info directly from memory, e.g. remembering a quote in an English exam.

Question 7

What are the two types of encoding ?

Answer 7

1) ACOUSTIC - the STM encodes info based off of SOUND.

2) SEMANTIC - the LTM encoded info based off of its MEANING.